diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 46d381de..587cb06a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@
 [submodule "rtems_waf"]
 	path = rtems_waf
 	url = git://git.rtems.org/chrisj/rtems_waf.git
-[submodule "linux-org"]
-	path = linux-org
-	url = git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
diff --git a/linux-org b/linux-org
deleted file mode 160000
index 6f7da290..00000000
--- a/linux-org
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 6f7da290413ba713f0cdd9ff1a2a9bb129ef4f6c