diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index da55c4f..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "deps/bdwgc"]
-	path = deps/bdwgc
-	url = https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc.git
-	branch = release-8_2
diff --git a/deps/bdwgc b/deps/bdwgc
deleted file mode 160000
index 2b342c4..0000000
--- a/deps/bdwgc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 2b342c41ae5efae19c02d3074b2a7f8c4a56e849