diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 93bc379..94bc43d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -25,6 +25,3 @@
 [submodule "ext/FastPFor"]
 	path = ext/FastPFor
 	url = https://github.com/lemire/FastPFor
-[submodule "c-blosc"]
-	path = c-blosc
-	url = https://github.com/Blosc/c-blosc.git
diff --git a/c-blosc b/c-blosc
deleted file mode 160000
index 254ffdf..0000000
--- a/c-blosc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 254ffdf6fb75470924d6b7bb6dca6f4b67a6ca5a