diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a1c7da6d6..d63fd70b5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -22,6 +22,3 @@
 [submodule "extern/Nuked-OPL3"]
 	path = extern/Nuked-OPL3
 	url = https://github.com/nukeykt/Nuked-OPL3.git
-[submodule "extern/backward"]
-	path = extern/backward
-	url = https://github.com/bombela/backward-cpp
diff --git a/extern/backward b/extern/backward
deleted file mode 160000
index 5ffb2c879..000000000
--- a/extern/backward
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 5ffb2c879ebdbea3bdb8477c671e32b1c984beaa