diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 28a1b9d6..264dbba1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/humanize"]
 	path = lib/humanize
 	url = https://github.com/pajlada/humanize.git
-[submodule "lib/websocketpp"]
-	path = lib/websocketpp
-	url = https://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp.git
-	branch = develop
 [submodule "lib/qBreakpad"]
 	path = lib/qBreakpad
 	url = https://github.com/jiakuan/qBreakpad.git
diff --git a/lib/websocketpp b/lib/websocketpp
deleted file mode 160000
index 19cad992..00000000
--- a/lib/websocketpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 19cad9925f83d15d7487c16f0491f4741ec9f674