diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e4375b0..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "g2o"]
-	path = g2o
-	url = git@github.com:RainerKuemmerle/g2o.git
diff --git a/g2o b/g2o
deleted file mode 160000
index b1ba729..0000000
--- a/g2o
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit b1ba729aa569267e179fa2e237db0b3ad5169e2e