diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 432e7cc8d8c..7c9fe241d99 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "experiments/kotlin-ir"]
-	path = backend.native/kotlin-ir
-	url = https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin.git
-	branch = master
 [submodule "third-party/ios/libffi"]
 	path = third-party/ios/libffi
 	url = https://github.com/ksjogo/libffi
diff --git a/backend.native/kotlin-ir b/backend.native/kotlin-ir
deleted file mode 160000
index 82364ad3e53..00000000000
--- a/backend.native/kotlin-ir
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 82364ad3e537493d4d498bf17044da3df6fdb79f