diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 28db2ea063..9aa44e4356 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 [submodule "plugins/generic/googleAnalytics"]
 	path = plugins/generic/googleAnalytics
 	url = https://github.com/pkp/googleAnalytics.git
-[submodule "plugins/generic/orcidProfile"]
-	path = plugins/generic/orcidProfile
-	url = https://github.com/pkp/orcidProfile.git
 [submodule "lib/ui-library"]
 	path = lib/ui-library
 	url = https://github.com/pkp/ui-library
diff --git a/plugins/generic/orcidProfile b/plugins/generic/orcidProfile
deleted file mode 160000
index 2a0ce92d99..0000000000
--- a/plugins/generic/orcidProfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 2a0ce92d99b5c2774ab2ebd516039a0750b11cd7