diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 7b03f0840b..31b736e524 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ symlinked-packages
 symlinked-packages-in-parent
 react-native-aztec
 bundle
-react-native-aztec-old-submodule
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 062b5e5a05..e0461622a7 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "gutenberg"]
 	path = gutenberg
 	url = ../../WordPress/gutenberg.git
-[submodule "react-native-aztec"]
-	path = react-native-aztec-old-submodule
-	url = ../react-native-aztec.git
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index 3d5cadf9fa..efe963ebd2 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -33,10 +33,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		'/__device-tests__/',
 	],
 	testURL: 'http://localhost/',
-	modulePathIgnorePatterns: [
-		'<rootDir>/gutenberg/gutenberg-mobile',
-		'react-native-aztec-old-submodule',
-	],
+	modulePathIgnorePatterns: [ '<rootDir>/gutenberg/gutenberg-mobile' ],
 	moduleDirectories: [ 'node_modules', 'symlinked-packages' ],
 	moduleNameMapper: {
 		// Mock the CSS modules. See https://facebook.github.io/jest/docs/en/webpack.html#handling-static-assets
diff --git a/jitpack.yml b/jitpack.yml
index e3ac4a59b3..d8c5aaf051 100644
--- a/jitpack.yml
+++ b/jitpack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 install:
    - export TMPDIR=`dirname $(mktemp)`
+   - echo "Removing react-native-aztec-old-submodule folder"
+   - rm -rf react-native-aztec-old-submodule
    - echo "Changing into the android folder of the Bridge module"
    - pushd react-native-gutenberg-bridge/android && ./gradlew --stacktrace clean -Pgroup=com.github.wordpress-mobile.gutenberg-mobile -Pversion=$VERSION install && popd
    - pushd react-native-aztec/android && ./gradlew --stacktrace clean -Pgroup=com.github.wordpress-mobile.gutenberg-mobile -Pversion=$VERSION install && popd
diff --git a/react-native-aztec-old-submodule b/react-native-aztec-old-submodule
deleted file mode 160000
index fe8e53ac57..0000000000
--- a/react-native-aztec-old-submodule
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit fe8e53ac57230129655434705d22a9ed79ecfc97
diff --git a/rn-cli.config.js b/rn-cli.config.js
index 1573268b05..25d3623f8d 100644
--- a/rn-cli.config.js
+++ b/rn-cli.config.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ const blacklist = require( 'metro-config/src/defaults/blacklist' );
 const blacklistElements = blacklist( [
 	new RegExp( path.basename( __dirname ) + '/gutenberg/node_modules/.*' ),
 	new RegExp( path.basename( __dirname ) + '/gutenberg/gutenberg-mobile/.*' ),
-	new RegExp( path.basename( __dirname ) + '/react-native-aztec-old-submodule/.*' ),
 ] );
 const enm = require( './extra-node-modules.config.js' );