diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c9dc6b2..00000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "cmake"]
-	path = cmake
-	url = git://git.nerdcruft.net/cmake
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 15dd0327..229dc946 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,9 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7.0)
 project(util-cruft)
 
-set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
-    ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}
-    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
-
 include(CheckFunctionExists)
 include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 
-include (nc)
-
 include (search_libs)
 
 find_package (PythonInterp 3 REQUIRED)
diff --git a/cmake b/cmake
deleted file mode 160000
index a1d3200f..00000000
--- a/cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit a1d3200fde0923ace464ce711fc52d5b183e9e2d