diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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--- a/.gitmodules
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-[submodule "src/package/googletest"]
-	path = src/package/googletest
-	url = https://github.com/google/googletest
diff --git a/src/package/googletest b/src/package/googletest
deleted file mode 160000
index 2f80c2ba7..000000000
--- a/src/package/googletest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 2f80c2ba71c0e8922a03b9b855e5b019ad1f7064