diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 71942dece..b261383e4 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "mitre-local"]
-	path = mitre-local
-	url = git@barrel.mitre.org:openstack/openid-connect.git
 [submodule "spring-security-oauth"]
 	path = spring-security-oauth
 	url = https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-security-oauth.git
diff --git a/mitre-local b/mitre-local
deleted file mode 160000
index b81dd3091..000000000
--- a/mitre-local
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit b81dd3091e53be285bbfd9f0886b5a88b2cab19c