diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4bdbbd5aa..fbb7e8fd4 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "corev_apu/axi_mem_if"]
 	path = corev_apu/axi_mem_if
 	url = https://github.com/pulp-platform/axi_mem_if.git
-[submodule "common/submodules/common_cells"]
-	path = common/submodules/common_cells
-	url = https://github.com/pulp-platform/common_cells.git
 [submodule "corev_apu/register_interface"]
 	path = corev_apu/register_interface
 	url = https://github.com/pulp-platform/register_interface.git
diff --git a/common/submodules/common_cells b/common/submodules/common_cells
deleted file mode 160000
index dc5556432..000000000
--- a/common/submodules/common_cells
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit dc555643226419b7a602f0aa39d449545ea4c1f2