diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 94443f528e32e..a9ce1f02f8b03 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@
 [submodule "roms/qboot"]
 	path = roms/qboot
 	url = https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qboot.git
-[submodule "meson"]
-	path = meson
-	url = https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/meson.git
 [submodule "roms/vbootrom"]
 	path = roms/vbootrom
 	url = https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/vbootrom.git
diff --git a/meson b/meson
deleted file mode 160000
index d0c68dc11507a..0000000000000
--- a/meson
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit d0c68dc11507a47b9b85de508e023d9590d60565