diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index dbf7ee1a4..b4aa65438 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "dmlc-core"]
 	path = dmlc-core
 	url = https://github.com/dmlc/dmlc-core
-[submodule "rabit"]
-	path = rabit
-	url = https://github.com/dmlc/rabit
 [submodule "cub"]
 	path = cub
 	url = https://github.com/NVlabs/cub
diff --git a/rabit b/rabit
deleted file mode 160000
index 4acdd7c6f..000000000
--- a/rabit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 4acdd7c6f68debe1c39ae07ca75466d74d194dd1