diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d9479679..9aac61e0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -43,6 +43,3 @@
 [submodule "Vulkan-Loader"]
 	path = Vulkan-Loader
 	url = https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader
-[submodule "aom"]
-	path = aom
-	url = https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom
diff --git a/aom b/aom
deleted file mode 160000
index 287164de..00000000
--- a/aom
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 287164de79516c25c8c84fd544f67752c170082a