diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a524098845a..cca60e337d2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
 [submodule "src/doc/embedded-book"]
 	path = src/doc/embedded-book
 	url = https://github.com/rust-embedded/book.git
-[submodule "src/tools/rust-analyzer"]
-	path = src/tools/rust-analyzer
-	url = https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer.git
 [submodule "library/backtrace"]
 	path = library/backtrace
 	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/backtrace-rs.git
diff --git a/src/tools/rust-analyzer b/src/tools/rust-analyzer
deleted file mode 160000
index 897a7ec4b82..00000000000
--- a/src/tools/rust-analyzer
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 897a7ec4b826f85ec1626870e734490701138097