diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 287fad4..080829e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@
 	path = vendor/nim-chronos
 	url = https://github.com/michaelsbradleyjr/nim-chronos.git
 	ignore = untracked
-[submodule "vendor/nim-stew"]
-	path = vendor/nim-stew
-	url = https://github.com/status-im/nim-stew.git
-	ignore = untracked
 [submodule "vendor/nim-json-serialization"]
 	path = vendor/nim-json-serialization
 	url = https://github.com/status-im/nim-json-serialization.git
diff --git a/vendor/nim-stew b/vendor/nim-stew
deleted file mode 160000
index 70680e2..0000000
--- a/vendor/nim-stew
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 70680e2af2f3b0ead9ea49969731910e0898fbbe