diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 10591be7f..cca7960ac 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 [submodule "third_party/gyp"]
 	path = third_party/gyp
 	url = https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/gyp
-[submodule "third_party/ninja"]
-	path = third_party/ninja
-	url = https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/martine/ninja
 [submodule "third_party/catch"]
 	path = third_party/catch
 	url = https://github.com/philsquared/Catch.git
diff --git a/third_party/ninja b/third_party/ninja
deleted file mode 160000
index c406d1c8a..000000000
--- a/third_party/ninja
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit c406d1c8adfedc1982e2c08ab95d581f65eb65de