diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ce8f7865a1c3dee34e43e3fed61c327ba15c5cc2..e1592e5c3b034a700e3c4273825197e6730771ca 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@
 [submodule "src/backend/public/algorithm-visualizer.wiki"]
 	path = src/backend/public/algorithm-visualizer.wiki
 	url = git@github.com:algorithm-visualizer/algorithm-visualizer.wiki.git
-[submodule "src/backend/tracers"]
-	path = src/backend/tracers
-	url = git@github.com:algorithm-visualizer/tracers.git
diff --git a/src/backend/tracers b/src/backend/tracers
deleted file mode 160000
index a5804d922615effe85f7d16b19faf746b38bd108..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/backend/tracers
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit a5804d922615effe85f7d16b19faf746b38bd108