diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index bfa6d33..0000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "etc/gitignore"]
-	path = etc/gitignore
-	url = git://github.com/github/gitignore.git