diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7530951..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "telegram-approval-join"]
-	path = telegram-approval-join
-	url = ssh://git@git.zio.sh:2222/astra/telegram-join-approval-bot.git
diff --git a/telegram-approval-join b/telegram-approval-join
deleted file mode 160000
index 1c48c2a..0000000
--- a/telegram-approval-join
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 1c48c2a40ccc8d83ef2bff80fd4d5f9b848afab2