diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index cfb39772220..b46c025a806 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 [submodule "M2/submodules/bdwgc"]
 	path = M2/submodules/bdwgc
 	url = https://github.com/Macaulay2/bdwgc.git
-[submodule "M2/submodules/libatomic_ops"]
-	path = M2/submodules/libatomic_ops
-	url = https://github.com/Macaulay2/libatomic_ops.git
 [submodule "M2/submodules/mpir"]
 	path = M2/submodules/mpir
 	url = https://github.com/Macaulay2/mpir.git
diff --git a/M2/submodules/libatomic_ops b/M2/submodules/libatomic_ops
deleted file mode 160000
index ba6c3170412..00000000000
--- a/M2/submodules/libatomic_ops
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit ba6c3170412ef7f751ff63e2b656296265dcff93