diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 60369680..82647b71 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -5,6 +5,3 @@
 	path = DRAMSys/library/src/common/third_party/DRAMPower
 	url = https://github.com/tukl-msd/DRAMPower.git
 	branch = master
-[submodule "DRAMSys/library/src/common/third_party/json"]
-	path = DRAMSys/library/src/common/third_party/json
-	url = https://github.com/nlohmann/json.git