diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c6b6861..48a05ec 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "libbpf"]
-	path = libbpf
-	url = https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf.git
 [submodule "modules/xdp-tools"]
 	path = modules/xdp-tools
 	url = https://github.com/xdp-project/xdp-tools
diff --git a/libbpf b/libbpf
deleted file mode 160000
index 7fc4d50..0000000
--- a/libbpf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 7fc4d5025b22da2fd1a3f767b2973b7f28d21758