diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8da5875a54e..6fcb00bfe59 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "docs/sphinx"]
-	path = docs/sphinx
-	url = git://github.com/openmicroscopy/ome-documentation.git
-	ignore = dirty
 [submodule "components/tools/OmeroPy/scripts"]
 	path = components/tools/OmeroPy/scripts
 	url = git://github.com/ome/scripts.git
diff --git a/docs/sphinx b/docs/sphinx
deleted file mode 160000
index 3934209e443..00000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 3934209e443b915967961869f9c4cca2ac5ebf35