diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 386070ea8..ddca27060 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@
 [submodule "submodules/externals/axmlrpc"]
 	path = submodules/externals/axmlrpc
 	url = git://git.linphone.org/axmlrpc.git
-[submodule "submodules/externals/polarssl"]
-	path = submodules/externals/polarssl
-	url = git://git.linphone.org/polarssl.git
 [submodule "submodules/externals/opus"]
 	path = submodules/externals/opus
 	url = git://git.linphone.org/opus.git
diff --git a/submodules/externals/polarssl b/submodules/externals/polarssl
deleted file mode 160000
index 919006f5f..000000000
--- a/submodules/externals/polarssl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 919006f5f33febe72205078a125fae811b12a3d6