diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e75367fb..e69de29b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "apps/cic-cache"]
-	path = apps/cic-cache
-	url = git@gitlab.com:grassrootseconomics/cic-cache.git
diff --git a/apps/cic-cache b/apps/cic-cache
deleted file mode 160000
index 06c5f0fb..00000000
--- a/apps/cic-cache
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 06c5f0fb0dca5992a7ffb12874b5cb0c9fdcd706