diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3847580fba79885d11c2c3b5e12407a5bad6b2c9..29d7436b112319629e73061e06c649b2c6caaddd 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "qupgrade"]
-	path = qupgrade
-	url = https://github.com/LorenzMeier/qupgrade.git
 [submodule "libs/mavlink/include/mavlink/v1.0"]
 	path = libs/mavlink/include/mavlink/v1.0
 	url = https://github.com/mavlink/c_library.git
diff --git a/qupgrade b/qupgrade
deleted file mode 160000
index 4a1cf20507252eafecb2e06618e73afceeb76608..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/qupgrade
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 4a1cf20507252eafecb2e06618e73afceeb76608