diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6cd84178..d9479679 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 [submodule "gst-plugins-good"]
 	path = gst-plugins-good
 	url = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good.git
-[submodule "gst-plugins-bad"]
-	path = gst-plugins-bad
-	url = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad.git
 [submodule "gst-orc"]
 	path = gst-orc
 	url = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc.git
diff --git a/gst-plugins-bad b/gst-plugins-bad
deleted file mode 160000
index d3af58d5..00000000
--- a/gst-plugins-bad
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit d3af58d5b31941caa26c3ded85d7a7b84a91f0cc