diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2489c1c03910d3c9a60fff87c97799e850c08cd0..779ec4875e9d74d3b4eef45f6349e551c3258339 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "bpl-subset"]
-	path = bpl-subset
-	url = https://github.com/inducer/bpl-subset
 [submodule "pyopencl/compyte"]
 	path = pyopencl/compyte
 	url = https://github.com/inducer/compyte