diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7393dc2..78142bb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -8407,9 +8407,6 @@
 [submodule "ansible-core"]
 	path = ansible-core
 	url = ../../ALP-pool/ansible-core
-[submodule "apache-arrow"]
-	path = apache-arrow
-	url = ../../ALP-pool/apache-arrow
 [submodule "blosc"]
 	path = blosc
 	url = ../../ALP-pool/blosc
@@ -8611,9 +8608,6 @@
 [submodule "python-proto-plus"]
 	path = python-proto-plus
 	url = ../../ALP-pool/python-proto-plus
-[submodule "python-pyarrow"]
-	path = python-pyarrow
-	url = ../../ALP-pool/python-pyarrow
 [submodule "python-pyreadstat"]
 	path = python-pyreadstat
 	url = ../../ALP-pool/python-pyreadstat
diff --git a/apache-arrow b/apache-arrow
deleted file mode 160000
index fa16e2d..0000000
--- a/apache-arrow
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit fa16e2d0e2c2bc0f5ccbaaad719dc86b4eb33c2a
diff --git a/python-pyarrow b/python-pyarrow
deleted file mode 160000
index 1c13c94..0000000
--- a/python-pyarrow
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 1c13c94cc4dc2bf76f4fcc4d2e70d58283c98977