diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3fe1f098d90f61f87135a5a11cb55be1ebc53dcc..c0f4609f8a55ae95cdac0b0b2cf736785e272c78 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "Gem"]
-        path = Gem
-        url = git://git.code.sf.net/p/pd-gem/gem
 [submodule "l2ork_addons/rtcmix-in-pd"]
 	path = externals/rtcmix-in-pd
 	url = https://github.com/jwmatthys/rtcmix-in-pd.git
diff --git a/Gem b/Gem
deleted file mode 160000
index 374f71368f4a54e8d0f7887460a178e9020a1ba4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Gem
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 374f71368f4a54e8d0f7887460a178e9020a1ba4