diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 60507950cbb8..28b5307554a5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "tool-plugins/intellij/src/test/resources/BBE"]
-	path = tool-plugins/intellij/src/test/resources/BBE
-	url = https://github.com/ballerina-platform/ballerina-examples.git
 [submodule "tool-plugins/vscode/grammar/ballerina-grammar"]
 	path = tool-plugins/vscode/grammar/ballerina-grammar
 	url = https://github.com/ballerina-platform/ballerina-grammar.git
diff --git a/tool-plugins/intellij/src/test/resources/BBE b/tool-plugins/intellij/src/test/resources/BBE
deleted file mode 160000
index 094134f87bc4..000000000000
--- a/tool-plugins/intellij/src/test/resources/BBE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 094134f87bc4b3ff58f22073f07446081c6e9062