diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 79028bbb5e..6fa823c1ce 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@
 [submodule "xbyak"]
     path = externals/xbyak
     url = https://github.com/herumi/xbyak.git
-[submodule "externals/libusb"]
-	path = externals/libusb
-	url = https://github.com/ameerj/libusb
 [submodule "opus"]
 	path = externals/opus/opus
 	url = https://github.com/xiph/opus.git
diff --git a/externals/libusb b/externals/libusb
deleted file mode 160000
index 3406d72cda..0000000000
--- a/externals/libusb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 3406d72cda879f8792a88bf5f6bd0b7a65636f72