diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a6857c62..196c9a92 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -26,6 +26,3 @@
 [submodule "archivebox/vendor/python-atomicwrites"]
 	path = archivebox/vendor/python-atomicwrites
 	url = https://github.com/untitaker/python-atomicwrites
-[submodule "archivebox/vendor/tzlocal"]
-	path = archivebox/vendor/tzlocal
-	url = https://github.com/regebro/tzlocal
diff --git a/archivebox/vendor/tzlocal b/archivebox/vendor/tzlocal
deleted file mode 160000
index c5282c6f..00000000
--- a/archivebox/vendor/tzlocal
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit c5282c6feded0d576937c0dcdf1f4fd00a95fbee