diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e6bec3c7..e69de29b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "contrib/ise_library/cURL"]
-	path = contrib/ise_library/cURL
-	url = https://github.com/EiffelSoftware/mirror-Eiffel-cURL.git