diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index cdcb39f7ec6..4aa76d5206f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "packaging/linux/flatpak/deps/org.flatpak.Builder.BaseApp"]
-	path = packaging/linux/flatpak/deps/org.flatpak.Builder.BaseApp
-	url = https://github.com/flathub/org.flatpak.Builder.BaseApp
-	branch = branch/23.08
 [submodule "packaging/linux/flatpak/deps/shared-modules"]
 	path = packaging/linux/flatpak/deps/shared-modules
 	url = https://github.com/flathub/shared-modules
diff --git a/packaging/linux/flatpak/deps/org.flatpak.Builder.BaseApp b/packaging/linux/flatpak/deps/org.flatpak.Builder.BaseApp
deleted file mode 160000
index 5557876a371..00000000000
--- a/packaging/linux/flatpak/deps/org.flatpak.Builder.BaseApp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 5557876a37135fd9871ef754bb9eeccd400c1121