diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 66fa940..1bb9f4c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4978,9 +4978,6 @@
 [submodule "python-zope.interface"]
 	path = python-zope.interface
 	url = ../../pool-internal/python-zope.interface
-[submodule "python2-setuptools"]
-	path = python2-setuptools
-	url = ../../pool/python2-setuptools
 [submodule "qt6-tools"]
 	path = qt6-tools
 	url = ../../pool-internal/qt6-tools
diff --git a/python2-setuptools b/python2-setuptools
deleted file mode 160000
index 78d50dd..0000000
--- a/python2-setuptools
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 78d50dd89c1262b09b1225f91a78ea1056844dde