diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index bd3d3a5dd..aa3e6c896 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "linphone-sdk"]
 path = external/linphone-sdk
 	url = https://gitlab.linphone.org/BC/public/linphone-sdk.git
-[submodule "external/qtkeychain"]
-	path = external/qtkeychain
-	url = https://gitlab.linphone.org/BC/public/external/qtkeychain.git
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/external/qtkeychain b/external/qtkeychain
deleted file mode 160000
index 35c4f4018..000000000
--- a/external/qtkeychain
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 35c4f40186a6ac3260982256e846bb0774ea91de