diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a3a52e7be..36834f2cd 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 [submodule "auth/assets/simple-icons"]
 	path = auth/assets/simple-icons
 	url = https://github.com/simple-icons/simple-icons.git
-[submodule "desktop/thirdparty/next-electron-server"]
-	path = desktop/thirdparty/next-electron-server
-	url = https://github.com/ente-io/next-electron-server.git
-	branch = desktop
 [submodule "mobile/thirdparty/flutter"]
 	path = mobile/thirdparty/flutter
 	url = https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
diff --git a/desktop/thirdparty/next-electron-server b/desktop/thirdparty/next-electron-server
deleted file mode 160000
index a88030295..000000000
--- a/desktop/thirdparty/next-electron-server
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit a88030295c89dd8f43d9e3a45025678d95c78a45