diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1c4ef8f..6a3c5b3 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "external/glfw"]
 	path = external/glfw
 	url = https://github.com/glfw/glfw
-[submodule "external/lua"]
-	path = external/lua
-	url = https://github.com/lua/lua
diff --git a/external/lua b/external/lua
deleted file mode 160000
index 8426d9b..0000000
--- a/external/lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 8426d9b4d4df1da3c5b2d759e509ae1c50a86667