diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ad8175a..1edc5c1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@
 	path = libpng
 	url = https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng
 	branch = libpng16
-[submodule "embree"]
-	path = embree
-	url = https://github.com/RenderKit/embree
-	branch = master
 [submodule "oneTBB"]
 	path = oneTBB
 	url = https://github.com/uxlfoundation/oneTBB
diff --git a/embree b/embree
deleted file mode 160000
index 756ff35..0000000
--- a/embree
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 756ff3510f6031c0843935442e30099b41e8077a