diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0effb378ae649e09af34ff95ef3664c257157b3f..fdb629408a5f6c30be180514c459b42ba2757422 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 [submodule "src/lib/msgpuck"]
 	path = src/lib/msgpuck
 	url = https://github.com/tarantool/msgpuck.git
-[submodule "third_party/sophia"]
-	path = third_party/sophia
-	url = git://github.com/tarantool/sophia.git
 [submodule "third_party/luafun"]
 	path = third_party/luafun
 	url = https://github.com/rtsisyk/luafun.git
diff --git a/third_party/sophia b/third_party/sophia
deleted file mode 160000
index 6ab501543de8f93d1b561d93630440d2d3180ad8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/third_party/sophia
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 6ab501543de8f93d1b561d93630440d2d3180ad8