diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c0c00ab..ca17dd0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -469,9 +469,6 @@
 [submodule "python-xdoctest"]
 	path = python-xdoctest
 	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/python-xdoctest.git
-[submodule "qbe"]
-	path = qbe
-	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/qbe.git
 [submodule "quickwit"]
 	path = quickwit
 	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/quickwit.git
diff --git a/qbe b/qbe
deleted file mode 160000
index 51b4e9f..0000000
--- a/qbe
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 51b4e9f209feae77a97fcebab42b1df710f9ba3e