diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4a8820e3a6..91bd14a7d7 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/macos-minimal-sdk"]
 	path = lib/macos-minimal-sdk
 	url = https://github.com/aykevl/macos-minimal-sdk.git
-[submodule "lib/renesas-svd"]
-	path = lib/renesas-svd
-	url = https://github.com/tinygo-org/renesas-svd.git
 [submodule "src/net"]
 	path = src/net
 	url = https://github.com/tinygo-org/net.git
diff --git a/lib/renesas-svd b/lib/renesas-svd
deleted file mode 160000
index 03d7688085..0000000000
--- a/lib/renesas-svd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 03d76880854b9042f5d043f4355cdf8eef522fa5