diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4f46d83..f7de9b0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@
 [submodule "cl-3bmd"]
 	path = cl-3bmd
 	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/cl-3bmd.git
-[submodule "cl-alexandria"]
-	path = cl-alexandria
-	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/cl-alexandria.git
 [submodule "cl-anaphora"]
 	path = cl-anaphora
 	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/cl-anaphora.git
@@ -73,9 +70,6 @@
 [submodule "cl-fiasco"]
 	path = cl-fiasco
 	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/cl-fiasco.git
-[submodule "cl-fiveam"]
-	path = cl-fiveam
-	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/cl-fiveam.git
 [submodule "cl-global-vars"]
 	path = cl-global-vars
 	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/cl-global-vars.git
@@ -100,9 +94,6 @@
 [submodule "cl-json"]
 	path = cl-json
 	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/cl-json.git
-[submodule "cl-lift"]
-	path = cl-lift
-	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/cl-lift.git
 [submodule "cl-local-time"]
 	path = cl-local-time
 	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/cl-local-time.git
@@ -121,15 +112,9 @@
 [submodule "cl-pythonic-string-reader"]
 	path = cl-pythonic-string-reader
 	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/cl-pythonic-string-reader.git
-[submodule "cl-rt"]
-	path = cl-rt
-	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/cl-rt.git
 [submodule "cl-split-sequence"]
 	path = cl-split-sequence
 	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/cl-split-sequence.git
-[submodule "cl-trivial-backtrace"]
-	path = cl-trivial-backtrace
-	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/cl-trivial-backtrace.git
 [submodule "cl-trivial-benchmark"]
 	path = cl-trivial-benchmark
 	url = ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/cl-trivial-benchmark.git
diff --git a/cl-alexandria b/cl-alexandria
deleted file mode 160000
index fe3e44e..0000000
--- a/cl-alexandria
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit fe3e44e63997cb009717751c046e13c1924eff73
diff --git a/cl-asdf-flv/PKGBUILD b/cl-asdf-flv/PKGBUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index c32d47f..0000000
--- a/cl-asdf-flv/PKGBUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-# Maintainer: George Rawlinson <grawlinson@archlinux.org>
-
-pkgname=cl-asdf-flv
-_pkgname="${pkgname#cl-}"
-pkgver=2.1
-pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc='cl-asdf extension to provide support for file-local variables'
-arch=('any')
-url='https://github.com/didierverna/asdf-flv'
-license=('custom:FSFAP') #SPDX-ID: FSFAP
-depends=('common-lisp' 'cl-asdf')
-makedepends=('git' 'sbcl')
-_commit='fc5b7399767ca35bfb420bbeb9e08494e441dc69'
-source=("$pkgname::git+$url#commit=$_commit")
-b2sums=('SKIP')
-
-pkgver() {
-  cd "$pkgname"
-
-  git describe --tags | sed 's/^version-//'
-}
-
-prepare() {
-  cd "$pkgname"
-
-  # extract license
-  sed -n '/;; Copyright/,/;; without/p' asdf-flv.lisp | sed -e 's/^;; //g' > LICENSE
-}
-
-package() {
-  cd "$pkgname"
-
-  # create directories
-  install -vd \
-    "$pkgdir/usr/share/common-lisp/source/$_pkgname" \
-    "$pkgdir/usr/share/common-lisp/systems"
-
-  # library
-  install -vDm644 -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/common-lisp/source/$_pkgname" \
-    ./*.{lisp,asd}
-
-  pushd "$pkgdir/usr/share/common-lisp/systems"
-  ln -s "../source/$_pkgname/net.didierverna.asdf-flv.asd" .
-  popd
-
-  # documentation
-  install -vDm644 -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname" README.md
-
-  # license
-  install -vDm644 -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname" LICENSE
-}
diff --git a/cl-fiveam b/cl-fiveam
deleted file mode 160000
index 89208e6..0000000
--- a/cl-fiveam
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 89208e63a58e1f1adaf673232f70d2bb800f187a
diff --git a/cl-lift b/cl-lift
deleted file mode 160000
index c72c152..0000000
--- a/cl-lift
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit c72c152d1645dff854942258042dee084a5cdf73
diff --git a/cl-rt b/cl-rt
deleted file mode 160000
index 9fc37c7..0000000
--- a/cl-rt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 9fc37c77decbb9f61dbfd560b03bd7fda1524a32
diff --git a/cl-trivial-backtrace b/cl-trivial-backtrace
deleted file mode 160000
index be24e9e..0000000
--- a/cl-trivial-backtrace
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit be24e9edd832ca12780279649bd8aa66569651d0