diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2c57a5b0eb59b8a3680b8a8079c905a7206ab56b..c50bf79cf2add99b7e0c8c30d907e10942f72678 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-[submodule ".zsh/zsh-syntax-highlighting"]
-	path = .zsh/zsh-syntax-highlighting
-	url = https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git
-	branch = master
 [submodule ".zsh/fast-syntax-highlighting"]
 	path = .zsh/fast-syntax-highlighting
 	url = https://github.com/zdharma/fast-syntax-highlighting.git
diff --git a/.zsh/zsh-syntax-highlighting b/.zsh/zsh-syntax-highlighting
deleted file mode 160000
index 901063aa0fe768d0766754925a03cbe22a37f56d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.zsh/zsh-syntax-highlighting
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 901063aa0fe768d0766754925a03cbe22a37f56d