diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f313855c2a..03dc3c90d6 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@
   branch = main
   path = custom/plugins/zsh-diff-so-fancy
   url = https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zsh-diff-so-fancy
-[submodule "custom/plugins/zsh_codex"]
-  branch = main
-  path = custom/plugins/zsh_codex
-  url = https://github.com/tom-doerr/zsh_codex
 [submodule "custom/plugins/zsh-abbr"]
   branch = main
   path = custom/plugins/zsh-abbr
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index e7813f841c..20dd5432a4 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -60,17 +60,6 @@ plugins+=(
   zsh-autosuggestions
 )
 
-# plugin: zsh_codex
-test -r "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}"'/openaiapirc' || {
-  printf -- '[openai]\n'
-  printf -- 'organization_id = %s\n' "${OPENAI_ORGANIZATION_ID-}"
-  printf -- 'secret_key = %s\n' "${OPENAI_SECRET_KEY-}"
-} >|"${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}"'/openaiapirc' &&
-  bindkey '^X' create_completion &&
-  plugins+=(
-    zsh_codex
-  )
-
 # plugin: fast-syntax-highlighting
 # performs best when loaded late, but before zsh-history-substring-search
 plugins+=(
diff --git a/custom/plugins/zsh_codex b/custom/plugins/zsh_codex
deleted file mode 160000
index 7858a61005..0000000000
--- a/custom/plugins/zsh_codex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 7858a610050ea29cc85977ba80e87e4bbb34f46f