diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 27de1c6..e2cc377 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "external/googletest"]
 	path = external/googletest
 	url = https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-[submodule "external/nanogui"]
-	path = external/nanogui
-	url = https://github.com/Godzil/nanogui.git
 [submodule "external/glfw"]
 	path = external/glfw
 	url = https://github.com/glfw/glfw.git
diff --git a/external/nanogui b/external/nanogui
deleted file mode 160000
index 16bc6b1..0000000
--- a/external/nanogui
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 16bc6b1d3ac565f9d96889040c8fd9e6ad4a1a16