diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e9d01f5d..e9e932f4 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "themes/pelican-bootstrap3"]
-	path = themes/pelican-bootstrap3
-	url = git://github.com/datalad/pelican-bootstrap3
 [submodule "tools/svgtune"]
 	path = tools/svgtune
 	url = git://github.com/yarikoptic/svgtune.git
diff --git a/themes/pelican-bootstrap3 b/themes/pelican-bootstrap3
deleted file mode 160000
index 14f4f6ad..00000000
--- a/themes/pelican-bootstrap3
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 14f4f6ad9e0a34c18e37d246ff7df7641dc58390