diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d4b6e08..4d68b20 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -9,7 +9,3 @@
 	path = swcarpentry/hpc-novice
 	url = https://github.com/swcarpentry/hpc-novice/
 	branch = gh-pages
-[submodule "datacarpentry/genomics-workshop"]
-	path = datacarpentry/genomics-workshop
-	url = https://github.com/datacarpentry/genomics-workshop/
-	branch = gh-pages
diff --git a/datacarpentry/genomics-workshop b/datacarpentry/genomics-workshop
deleted file mode 160000
index d5432b6..0000000
--- a/datacarpentry/genomics-workshop
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit d5432b6af029a40197c97c9a829e8c8e896e22de