diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4a6c93b450..986a4ca0cf 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -9,6 +9,3 @@
 [submodule "tests/testdata"]
 	path = tests/testdata
 	url = https://github.com/ethereum/tests.git
-[submodule "tests/evm-benchmarks"]
-	path = tests/evm-benchmarks
-	url = https://github.com/ipsilon/evm-benchmarks