diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f828775..deefc72 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "sc-components"]
 	path = sc-components
 	url = https://minres.com/git/SystemC/SystemC-Components.git
-[submodule "external/easyloggingpp"]
-	path = external/easyloggingpp
-	url = https://github.com/muflihun/easyloggingpp.git
 [submodule "external/elfio"]
 	path = external/elfio
 	url = http://git.code.sf.net/p/elfio/code
diff --git a/external/easyloggingpp b/external/easyloggingpp
deleted file mode 160000
index 850ea2a..0000000
--- a/external/easyloggingpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 850ea2a9f151ed648a989dda1cf44e503e45831f