diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a9df475..9080a2c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "include/commandline"]
     path = include/commandline
     url = https://github.com/lionkor/commandline
-[submodule "socket.io-client-cpp"]
-	path = socket.io-client-cpp
-	url = https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-cpp
 [submodule "asio"]
 	path = asio
 	url = https://github.com/chriskohlhoff/asio
diff --git a/socket.io-client-cpp b/socket.io-client-cpp
deleted file mode 160000
index b196fa7..0000000
--- a/socket.io-client-cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit b196fa7537cd3f7bed626ead873a7b71d1293c0d