diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 85a78ace76b4e..f2cafd8924672 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@
 [submodule "src/Beast"]
 	path = src/Beast
 	url = https://github.com/ceph/Beast.git
-[submodule "src/boost"]
-	path = src/boost
-	url = https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git
 [submodule "src/dpdk"]
 	path = src/dpdk
 	url = https://github.com/ceph/dpdk
diff --git a/src/boost b/src/boost
deleted file mode 160000
index 1790aff3b3437..0000000000000
--- a/src/boost
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 1790aff3b34374d2af85f8c16755d101f49d2b6e