diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 708829621..0b5335f0c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "protobufs"]
-	path = protobufs
-	url = https://github.com/medentem/protobufs.git
-	branch = master
 [submodule "meshtestic"]
 	path = meshtestic
 	url = https://github.com/meshtastic/meshTestic
diff --git a/protobufs b/protobufs
deleted file mode 160000
index c55f120a9..000000000
--- a/protobufs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit c55f120a9c1ce90c85e4826907a0b9bcb2d5f5a2