diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9b3e61bf5b..91ca865f55 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
 	path = components/esptool_py/esptool
 	url = ../../espressif/esptool.git
 
-[submodule "components/bt/controller/lib"]
-	path = components/bt/controller/lib
-	url = ../../espressif/esp32-bt-lib.git
-
 [submodule "components/bootloader/subproject/components/micro-ecc/micro-ecc"]
 	path = components/bootloader/subproject/components/micro-ecc/micro-ecc
 	url = ../../kmackay/micro-ecc.git
diff --git a/components/bt/controller/lib b/components/bt/controller/lib
deleted file mode 160000
index 4b1a62726b..0000000000
--- a/components/bt/controller/lib
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 4b1a62726bc870a701d5b6d7a157bfcc4793a0f8