diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 22b010a01..2328eab8c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@
 [submodule "submodules/belle-sip"]
 	path = submodules/belle-sip
 	url = git://git.linphone.org/belle-sip.git
-[submodule "submodules/externals/antlr3"]
-	path = submodules/externals/antlr3
-	url = git://git.linphone.org/antlr3.git
-	ignore = dirty
 [submodule "submodules/externals/libxml2"]
 	path = submodules/externals/libxml2
 	url = git://git.gnome.org/libxml2.git
diff --git a/submodules/externals/antlr3 b/submodules/externals/antlr3
deleted file mode 160000
index 1db66897f..000000000
--- a/submodules/externals/antlr3
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 1db66897fa0f2f4b397bb961b3e5a747c170ed40