diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 34a374174..5a1e8d4dc 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 [submodule "addins/coremark"]
 	path = addins/coremark
 	url = https://github.com/eembc/coremark
-[submodule "addins/FreeRTOS-Kernel"]
-	path = addins/FreeRTOS-Kernel
-	url = https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel.git
 [submodule "addins/vivado-boards"]
 	path = addins/vivado-boards
 	url = https://github.com/Digilent/vivado-boards/
diff --git a/addins/FreeRTOS-Kernel b/addins/FreeRTOS-Kernel
deleted file mode 160000
index 17a46c252..000000000
--- a/addins/FreeRTOS-Kernel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 17a46c252f2f237e03a6768c5d15731215322f31