diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index fbf2f59b38da..3426b1bc8dbd 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 	path = src/doc/rust-by-example
 	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-by-example.git
 	shallow = true
-[submodule "library/stdarch"]
-	path = library/stdarch
-	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/stdarch.git
-	shallow = true
 [submodule "src/doc/edition-guide"]
 	path = src/doc/edition-guide
 	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/edition-guide.git
diff --git a/library/stdarch b/library/stdarch
deleted file mode 160000
index 1b4d15df1207..000000000000
--- a/library/stdarch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 1b4d15df12079504942d0a3f1030b2039b8a776c