diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index bb0431f..1de689c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "bins/git-binaries-win"]
-	path = bins/git-binaries-win
-	url = https://github.com/nfdi4plants/git-binaries-win
 [submodule "git-binaries"]
 	path = git-binaries
 	url = https://github.com/nfdi4plants/git-binaries
diff --git a/bins/git-binaries-win b/bins/git-binaries-win
deleted file mode 160000
index 6c1bbe8..0000000
--- a/bins/git-binaries-win
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 6c1bbe8298267ab4db21924ba1140ee6d23ed348