diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5da091df9a..be2c2a8611 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "cpp/third-party/llama2.so"]
 	path = cpp/third-party/llama2.so
 	url = https://github.com/mreso/llama2.so.git
-[submodule "cpp/third-party/folly"]
-	path = cpp/third-party/folly
-	url = https://github.com/facebook/folly.git
 [submodule "cpp/third-party/yaml-cpp"]
 	path = cpp/third-party/yaml-cpp
 	url = https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp.git
diff --git a/cpp/third-party/folly b/cpp/third-party/folly
deleted file mode 160000
index 323e467e23..0000000000
--- a/cpp/third-party/folly
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 323e467e2375e535e10bda62faf2569e8f5c9b19