diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f65cd27fa5255dfc480e88435661d49f058cc321..3da1a55d8ffc2aa4944c075f41b6d528a57d2ea6 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "web-ros3rag"]
 	path = web-ros3rag
 	url = ../../../jastadd/web-ros3rag
-[submodule "robotic-controller/src/franka_description"]
-	path = robotic-controller/src/franka_description
-	url = ../packages/franka_description.git
 [submodule "robotic-controller/src/panda_moveit_config"]
 	path = robotic-controller/src/panda_moveit_config
 	url = ../packages/panda_moveit_config.git
diff --git a/robotic-controller/src/franka_description b/robotic-controller/src/franka_description
deleted file mode 160000
index ab47d8065a77370186ff41130b5d1c45254b047e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/robotic-controller/src/franka_description
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit ab47d8065a77370186ff41130b5d1c45254b047e