diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 989e33d..4c56fac 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "erlang_js"]
 	path = erlang_js
 	url = https://github.com/jonte/erlang_js.git
-[submodule "erlv8"]
-	path = erlv8
-	url = https://github.com/beamjs/erlv8.git
diff --git a/erlv8 b/erlv8
deleted file mode 160000
index 688e503..0000000
--- a/erlv8
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 688e5036864eed01f7aefb6ee8b3a4c22961012f