diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5ddbc4494615..163d45fcd109 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/libffi"]
 	path = lib/libffi
 	url = https://github.com/atgreen/libffi
-[submodule "lib/lwip"]
-	path = lib/lwip
-	url = https://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/lwip.git
 [submodule "lib/berkeley-db-1.xx"]
 	path = lib/berkeley-db-1.xx
 	url = https://github.com/pfalcon/berkeley-db-1.xx
diff --git a/lib/lwip b/lib/lwip
deleted file mode 160000
index 5b8b5d459e7d..000000000000
--- a/lib/lwip
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 5b8b5d459e7dd890724515bbfad86c705234f9ec