diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f23ceeb33c..02224b1bc6 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -353,11 +353,6 @@
 	url = ../type_traits.git
 	fetchRecurseSubmodules = on-demand
 	branch = .
-[submodule "compatibility"]
-	path = libs/compatibility
-	url = ../compatibility.git
-	fetchRecurseSubmodules = on-demand
-	branch = .
 [submodule "bind"]
 	path = libs/bind
 	url = ../bind.git
diff --git a/libs/compatibility b/libs/compatibility
deleted file mode 160000
index 7be386ad98..0000000000
--- a/libs/compatibility
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 7be386ad98083806f805c6d1e2450e09ae10250f