diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a3fde4de..e69de29b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "testssl.sh"]
-	path = testssl.sh
-	url = https://github.com/drwetter/testssl.sh.git
-	branch = 2.9.5
diff --git a/testssl.sh b/testssl.sh
deleted file mode 160000
index 727a2888..00000000
--- a/testssl.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 727a2888d6d928411ab4882cbc026e6d3f6cd49d