diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 043ca24e6..3a5ee6d7a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "specter"]
-	path = specter
-	url = ../specter.git
-	branch = master
 [submodule "nod"]
 	path = nod
 	url = ../nod.git
diff --git a/specter b/specter
deleted file mode 160000
index 008f82998..000000000
--- a/specter
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 008f829988ca1286eab59c4b381493a80fbc5710