diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a88cf8bc62..5195bfc4c1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "src/cpp/websocketpp"]
-	path = src/cpp/websocketpp
-	url = https://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp.git
 [submodule "src/js/cryptojs"]
 	path = src/js/cryptojs
 	url = git://github.com/gwjjeff/cryptojs.git
diff --git a/src/cpp/websocketpp b/src/cpp/websocketpp
deleted file mode 160000
index dd9899c34b..0000000000
--- a/src/cpp/websocketpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit dd9899c34bb1f86caf486735b136a5460b4760db