diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3bc190175db8837a22f2b255a00f66176415ec9c..6d45a987ec0b192ed97aefc4cc70751a89cd8203 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "external/book"]
 	path = external/book
 	url = https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/book
-[submodule "external/Anakin"]
-	path = external/Anakin
-	url = https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Anakin
-[submodule "external/paddle-mobile"]
-	path = external/paddle-mobile
-	url = https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/paddle-mobile
 [submodule "external/models"]
 	path = external/models
 	url = https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/models
diff --git a/external/Anakin b/external/Anakin
deleted file mode 160000
index beec126e4cfe762e4b6b542496069323dca35ee7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/external/Anakin
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit beec126e4cfe762e4b6b542496069323dca35ee7
diff --git a/external/paddle-mobile b/external/paddle-mobile
deleted file mode 160000
index 73e2f989e78e59e6fafbf5d973e36ad17418c64a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/external/paddle-mobile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 73e2f989e78e59e6fafbf5d973e36ad17418c64a