diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2c959c211..aa337e222 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,6 +7,3 @@
 [submodule "software/compiler-rt"]
 	path = software/compiler-rt
 	url = http://llvm.org/git/compiler-rt.git
-[submodule "extcores/litex"]
-	path = extcores/litex
-	url = https://github.com/enjoy-digital/litex
diff --git a/extcores/__init__.py b/extcores/__init__.py
index e653425cf..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/extcores/__init__.py
+++ b/extcores/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-import os, sys
-sys.path.append(os.path.join("extcores", "litex", "litescope"))
-sys.path.append(os.path.join("extcores", "litex", "liteeth"))
-sys.path.append(os.path.join("extcores", "litex", "litesata"))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extcores/litex b/extcores/litex
deleted file mode 160000
index 0dc0b6308..000000000
--- a/extcores/litex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 0dc0b6308351e81a08a4061df0fe8f1fb53aa7ab