diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e58d9cf..87cc6f8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "cockpit-machines"]
-	path = cockpit-machines
-	url = https://src.opensuse.org/cockpit/cockpit-machines.git
 [submodule "local-npm-registry"]
 	path = local-npm-registry
 	url = https://src.opensuse.org/cockpit/local-npm-registry.git
diff --git a/cockpit-machines b/cockpit-machines
deleted file mode 160000
index ce4fdbb..0000000
--- a/cockpit-machines
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit ce4fdbb210b513f478660e07021fcefd30665a391f3077c3130d1acdfb5b4455