diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9618a42c9..44dfe8dae 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "nix/nixcrpkgs"]
 	path = nix/nixcrpkgs
 	url = https://github.com/urbit/nixcrpkgs
-[submodule "pkg/urb"]
-	path = pkg/urb
-	url = https://github.com/urbit/urb.git
 [submodule "pkg/arvo"]
 	path = pkg/arvo
 	url = https://github.com/urbit/arvo.git
diff --git a/pkg/urb b/pkg/urb
deleted file mode 160000
index 29a2e6a79..000000000
--- a/pkg/urb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 29a2e6a79e59f93e6399225efec6e09bc17f2767