diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e4ea15be..e69de29b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "themes/aether"]
-	path = themes/aether
-	url = https://github.com/josephhutch/aether.git
diff --git a/themes/aether b/themes/aether
deleted file mode 160000
index ecc24825..00000000
--- a/themes/aether
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit ecc2482582119a6a9f9f142702121ef10f448c8f