diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b72d9a3fed..e60087709f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@
 [submodule "packages/cpp"]
 	path = packages/cpp
 	url = ../packages-cpp.git
-[submodule "packages/cppproxy"]
-	path = packages/cppproxy
-	url = ../packages-cppproxy.git
 [submodule "packages/ltx2htm"]
 	path = packages/ltx2htm
 	url = ../packages-ltx2htm.git
diff --git a/packages/cppproxy b/packages/cppproxy
deleted file mode 160000
index b8b3611017..0000000000
--- a/packages/cppproxy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit b8b3611017c6112bcfd2bfd36455ce5591203673