diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 828248cb..46e151f5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 	path = third_party/protobuf
 	url = https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf
 	branch = 3.19.x
-[submodule "third_party/absl"]
-	path = third_party/absl
-	url = https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp
-	branch = master
 [submodule "third_party/ukey2/ukey2"]
 	path = third_party/ukey2/ukey2
 	url = https://github.com/google/ukey2
diff --git a/third_party/absl b/third_party/absl
deleted file mode 160000
index abe63eb9..00000000
--- a/third_party/absl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit abe63eb9bd1213c018bf82765ab747334d3b33d8