diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 54047fbd08..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "_theme"]
-	url = https://github.com/hacks-guide/minimal-mistakes
-	path = _theme
-	branch = hacks-guide
diff --git a/_theme b/_theme
deleted file mode 160000
index 8158a70357..0000000000
--- a/_theme
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 8158a70357644a9a8a97e4ad574fea3af69c9737