diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index bef5376aa..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "third_party/pngquant"]
-	path = third_party/pngquant
-	url = git@github.com:kornelski/pngquant.git
diff --git a/third_party/pngquant b/third_party/pngquant
deleted file mode 160000
index 44a33a6cb..000000000
--- a/third_party/pngquant
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 44a33a6cb500eb8b944aa88bf449c9c055f85dd2