diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c3aa69517..cfea8359b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 [submodule "mobile/plugins/clip_ggml"]
 	path = mobile/plugins/clip_ggml
 	url = https://github.com/ente-io/clip-ggml.git
-[submodule "mobile/thirdparty/isar"]
-	path = mobile/thirdparty/isar
-	url = https://github.com/isar/isar
 [submodule "web/apps/photos/thirdparty/ffmpeg-wasm"]
 	path = web/apps/photos/thirdparty/ffmpeg-wasm
 	url = https://github.com/abhinavkgrd/ffmpeg.wasm.git
diff --git a/mobile/thirdparty/isar b/mobile/thirdparty/isar
deleted file mode 160000
index 6643d064a..000000000
--- a/mobile/thirdparty/isar
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 6643d064abf22606b6c6a741ea873e4781115ef4