diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index da854248121..c9da017ee6c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@
 	path = src/jaegertracing/jaeger-client-cpp
 	url = https://github.com/ceph/jaeger-client-cpp.git
 	branch = hunter-disabled
-[submodule "src/jaegertracing/thrift"]
-	path = src/jaegertracing/thrift
-	url = https://github.com/apache/thrift.git
-	branch = 0.13.0
 [submodule "src/libkmip"]
 	path = src/libkmip
 	url = https://github.com/ceph/libkmip
diff --git a/src/jaegertracing/thrift b/src/jaegertracing/thrift
deleted file mode 160000
index b75e88a33d6..00000000000
--- a/src/jaegertracing/thrift
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit b75e88a33d67ae05ef9b5fa001d2a63a2effe377