diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index bb7d0e0d48..42e6350891 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ url=https://github.com/ali-fareed/rules_swift.git
 [submodule "build-system/tulsi"]
 	path = build-system/tulsi
 url=https://github.com/bazelbuild/tulsi.git
-[submodule "third-party/depot_tools"]
-	path = third-party/depot_tools
-	url = https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git
 [submodule "third-party/webrtc/webrtc-ios"]
 	path = third-party/webrtc/webrtc-ios
 url=https://github.com/ali-fareed/webrtc-ios.git
diff --git a/third-party/depot_tools b/third-party/depot_tools
deleted file mode 160000
index ae7f4c5111..0000000000
--- a/third-party/depot_tools
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit ae7f4c51114152e95cf1e9b6d2f0a4936fb7c5d6