diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8d65e68..4520460 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,6 +13,3 @@
 [submodule "bundle/vim-scala"]
 	path = bundle/vim-scala
 	url = https://github.com/derekwyatt/vim-scala
-[submodule "bundle/syntastic"]
-	path = bundle/syntastic
-	url = https://github.com/scrooloose/syntastic
diff --git a/bundle/syntastic b/bundle/syntastic
deleted file mode 160000
index d8af502..0000000
--- a/bundle/syntastic
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit d8af5028ecd541f721dab769479092b643f47a76