diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5942bc2..e6dace0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -43,6 +43,3 @@
 [submodule "lib/ngx_dynamic_etag"]
 	path = lib/ngx_dynamic_etag
 	url = https://github.com/dvershinin/ngx_dynamic_etag
-[submodule "lib/ngx_cache_purge"]
-	path = lib/ngx_cache_purge
-	url = https://github.com/wasas/ngx_cache_purge
diff --git a/lib/ngx_cache_purge b/lib/ngx_cache_purge
deleted file mode 160000
index a84b0f3..0000000
--- a/lib/ngx_cache_purge
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit a84b0f3f082025dec737a537a9a443bdd6d6af9d