diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 86e0c20fe68579e7b0f1ccdd1dba498cf16b13fe..ae780729fd3c2e22a3a6f5029fb0b611977ccfeb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,6 +7,3 @@
 [submodule "modparser"]
 	path = external/modparser
 	url = git@github.com:eth-cscs/modparser.git
-[submodule "external/tclap"]
-	path = external/tclap
-	url = https://github.com/eile/tclap.git
diff --git a/external/tclap b/external/tclap
deleted file mode 160000
index f41dcb5ce3d063c9fe95623193bba693338f3edb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/external/tclap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit f41dcb5ce3d063c9fe95623193bba693338f3edb