diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9fdae17..79580f4 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "third_party/grpc-c"]
 	path = third_party/grpc-c
 	url = https://github.com/shadansari/grpc-c.git
-[submodule "third_party/grpc"]
-	path = third_party/grpc
-	url = https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
-	branch = tags/v1.1.4
diff --git a/third_party/grpc b/third_party/grpc
deleted file mode 160000
index de7dec7..0000000
--- a/third_party/grpc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit de7dec71b36a5d32b0b35c4b937796274f2ec464