diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7ec551cf9b..a95e49d991 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 154fe3f2bd..0000000000
--- a/components/bt/controller/lib
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 154fe3f2bd3aaab59db76a84480a461845c4b09f