diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 38a1f56982ba..e69de29bb2d1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "opentelemetry-proto"]
-	path = exporters/otlp/internal/opentelemetry-proto
-	url = https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-proto