diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2603aca838..d2d2d220ad 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@
 [submodule "auxil/highwayhash"]
 	path = auxil/highwayhash
 	url = https://github.com/google/highwayhash
-[submodule "auxil/zeek-archiver"]
-	path = auxil/zeek-archiver
-	url = https://github.com/zeek/zeek-archiver
 [submodule "auxil/package-manager"]
 	path = auxil/package-manager
 	url = https://github.com/zeek/package-manager
diff --git a/auxil/zeek-archiver b/auxil/zeek-archiver
deleted file mode 160000
index 399b46b404..0000000000
--- a/auxil/zeek-archiver
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 399b46b4045bc59ed4b8159d3d284412a07ba65a