diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b1bb210a9..41511b610 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@
 [submodule "submodules/pivottable"]
 	path = submodules/pivottable
 	url = https://github.com/nicolaskruchten/pivottable.git
-[submodule "submodules/tablesorter"]
-	path = submodules/tablesorter
-	url = https://github.com/test/tablesorter.git
diff --git a/submodules/tablesorter b/submodules/tablesorter
deleted file mode 160000
index b70ba2498..000000000
--- a/submodules/tablesorter
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit b70ba2498dd23d9d97605ff386cdd67ff6bd9140