diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e5caef6..e69de29 100644
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-[submodule "googletest"]
-	path = googletest
-	url = https://git.chromium.org/git/external/googletest.git
diff --git a/googletest b/googletest
deleted file mode 160000
index 23574bf..0000000
--- a/googletest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 23574bf2333f834ff665f894c97bef8a5b33a0a9