diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e8694829..e69de29b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "packages/packages/protobufs"]
-	path = packages/packages/protobufs
-	url = https://github.com/meshtastic/protobufs
diff --git a/packages/packages/protobufs b/packages/packages/protobufs
deleted file mode 160000
index a1b8c3d1..00000000
--- a/packages/packages/protobufs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit a1b8c3d171445b2eebfd4b5bd1e4876f3bbed605