diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 12f4351..cde4231 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 [submodule "plugins/email_article"]
 	path = plugins/email_article
 	url = https://gitlab.com/noosfero-plugins/email_article.git
-[submodule "public/designs/themes/participa-theme"]
-	path = public/designs/themes/participa-theme
-	url = https://gitlab.com/participa/participa-theme.git
 [submodule "public/proposal-app"]
 	path = public/proposal-app
 	url = https://gitlab.com/participa/proposal-app.git
diff --git a/public/designs/themes/participa-theme b/public/designs/themes/participa-theme
deleted file mode 160000
index 39da583..0000000
--- a/public/designs/themes/participa-theme
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 39da58384fc3f011de026b593b7b8e849a840250
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libgit2 0.21.2