diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ae56e1360..da6db3b07 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ node_modules/
 /other/node-acme-client/.idea/
 /*.log
 /other/certd-run
+/other/node-acme-client
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c73e4957..000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "packages/node-acme-client"]
-	path = packages/node-acme-client
-	url = https://github.com/certd/node-acme-client