diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 46e2d807c..1ec196a48 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/lwip"]
 	path = lib/lwip
 	url = https://github.com/lwip-tcpip/lwip.git
-[submodule "lib/FreeRTOS"]
-	path = lib/FreeRTOS
-	url = https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS.git
 [submodule "lib/CMSIS_4"]
 	path = lib/CMSIS_4
 	url = https://github.com/ARM-software/CMSIS.git
diff --git a/lib/FreeRTOS b/lib/FreeRTOS
deleted file mode 160000
index c40a6da2e..000000000
--- a/lib/FreeRTOS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit c40a6da2e4cb8042b56d1b174051cbbe9813781a