diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 045625c..d380213 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -607,9 +607,6 @@
 [submodule "rustzx"]
 	path = rustzx
 	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/rustzx.git
-[submodule "samhain"]
-	path = samhain
-	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/samhain.git
 [submodule "shiori"]
 	path = shiori
 	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/shiori.git
diff --git a/.repo/nvchecker.toml b/.repo/nvchecker.toml
index 09e1e46..45bcd88 100644
--- a/.repo/nvchecker.toml
+++ b/.repo/nvchecker.toml
@@ -1771,10 +1771,6 @@ regex = "html-xml-utils-(.*?).tar.gz"
 source = "cmd"
 cmd = "./.repo/pkgver/enigma.sh"
 
-[samhain]
-source = "cmd"
-cmd = "./.repo/pkgver/samhain.sh"
-
 ["sendmail/libmilter"]
 source = "cmd"
 cmd = "./.repo/pkgver/sendmail.sh"
diff --git a/.repo/pkgver/samhain.sh b/.repo/pkgver/samhain.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a74ffd2..0000000
--- a/.repo/pkgver/samhain.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-# check dependencies
-count=0
-for dependency in hxnormalize hxselect grep sed sort tail; do
-	if [ ! -x "$(command -v $dependency)" ]; then
-		echo "$dependency missing"
-		count=$((count+1))
-	fi
-done
-
-# exit script if any dependencies missing
-if [ $count -ne 0 ]; then
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-# upstream URL
-UPSTREAM_URL="https://www.la-samhna.de/samhain/s_download.html"
-
-# options to pass to cURL, including custom user agent
-USER_AGENT="samhain-version-checker/1.0 george@rawlinson.net.nz"
-CURL_OPTS=(--silent --user-agent "$USER_AGENT")
-
-curl "${CURL_OPTS[@]}" "$UPSTREAM_URL" | \
-	hxnormalize -x | \
-	hxselect -c 'div.table-wrapper ' 'td' | \
-	head -n 1 | \
-	sed -e "s/Version //" -e "s/<.*//"
-exit 0
diff --git a/samhain b/samhain
deleted file mode 160000
index f2f1904..0000000
--- a/samhain
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit f2f1904731f6d206c8d36bb66d7530c1e7ca63a5