diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 81d8be8..12f4351 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "public/designs/themes/participa-web"]
-	path = public/designs/themes/participa-web
-	url = https://gitlab.com/participa/participa2-theme.git
 [submodule "plugins/pairwise"]
 	path = plugins/pairwise
 	url = https://gitlab.com/noosfero-plugins/pairwise.git
diff --git a/public/designs/themes/participa-web b/public/designs/themes/participa-web
deleted file mode 160000
index 7944081..0000000
--- a/public/designs/themes/participa-web
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 7944081e73cc0b78d03e96077d252d5a4da3bd1c
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libgit2 0.21.2