diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d4a80efc277..aee038aa4c8 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/rustfmt"]
-	path = src/tools/rustfmt
-	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/rustfmt.git
 [submodule "src/tools/miri"]
 	path = src/tools/miri
 	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/miri.git
diff --git a/src/tools/rustfmt b/src/tools/rustfmt
deleted file mode 160000
index 2a3635d5d12..00000000000
--- a/src/tools/rustfmt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 2a3635d5d1218c726ff58af4bc35418836143f69