diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b35ba9a8..dd60e98f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "hw/rtl/fp_cores/fpnew"]
 	path = hw/rtl/fp_cores/fpnew
 	url = https://github.com/pulp-platform/fpnew.git
-[submodule "internal"]
-	path = internal
-	url = https://github.com/vortexgpgpu/vortex-internal.git
diff --git a/internal b/internal
deleted file mode 160000
index 424fd248..00000000
--- a/internal
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 424fd248c69ed7e6baf9de3e12c1e212dd650ab4