diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ddf50410d..60d5d9621 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 	path = external/pybind11
 	url = https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
 	branch = stable
-[submodule "external/clang-format-hooks"]
-	path = external/clang-format-hooks
-	url = https://github.com/barisione/clang-format-hooks/
 [submodule "external/sqlite_orm"]
 	path = external/sqlite_orm
 	url = https://github.com/fnc12/sqlite_orm
diff --git a/external/clang-format-hooks b/external/clang-format-hooks
deleted file mode 160000
index ac35e705e..000000000
--- a/external/clang-format-hooks
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit ac35e705ebf20187b7ff92c29d1411f6a4c8d522