diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b2b580d08bc..5f2e8272cd2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 [submodule "src/tools/rls"]
 	path = src/tools/rls
 	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/rls.git
-[submodule "src/tools/clippy"]
-	path = src/tools/clippy
-	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy.git
 [submodule "src/tools/rustfmt"]
 	path = src/tools/rustfmt
 	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/rustfmt.git
diff --git a/src/tools/clippy b/src/tools/clippy
deleted file mode 160000
index 28197b62261..00000000000
--- a/src/tools/clippy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 28197b622611ba3a6367648974ccf59127c287bb