diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 795d0579..e69de29b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "BPI-WiringPi2"]
-	path = BPI-WiringPi2
-	url = https://github.com/akuker/BPI-WiringPi2.git
diff --git a/BPI-WiringPi2 b/BPI-WiringPi2
deleted file mode 160000
index 757596dd..00000000
--- a/BPI-WiringPi2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 757596dd33dc6355f5c490cc11fade4c271fe3c0