diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f2cafd89246..5f77912f0d1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 	url = https://github.com/ceph/lua.git
 	branch = lua-5.3-ceph
 	ignore = dirty
-[submodule "src/Beast"]
-	path = src/Beast
-	url = https://github.com/ceph/Beast.git
 [submodule "src/dpdk"]
 	path = src/dpdk
 	url = https://github.com/ceph/dpdk
diff --git a/src/Beast b/src/Beast
deleted file mode 160000
index 3fbbf22ed7f..00000000000
--- a/src/Beast
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 3fbbf22ed7fa47da2a1e0b6c96565c75d73a310c
diff --git a/src/rgw/CMakeLists.txt b/src/rgw/CMakeLists.txt
index 05071c04f16..f01dff917ed 100644
--- a/src/rgw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/rgw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ add_library(rgw_a STATIC ${rgw_a_srcs})
 add_dependencies(rgw_a civetweb_h)
 
 target_include_directories(rgw_a SYSTEM PUBLIC
-  "../Beast/include"
   ${FCGI_INCLUDE_DIR}
   "../rapidjson/include"
   )