diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9c7f185..d4ce344 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 [submodule "dep/websocketpp"]
 	path = dep/websocketpp
 	url = ../../z2nd_lib/websocketpp.git
-[submodule "dep/asio1.12.2"]
-	path = dep/asio1.12.2
-	url = ../../z2nd_lib/asio1.12.2.git
 [submodule "dep/zclipp"]
 	path = dep/zclipp
 	url = ../../z2nd_lib/zclipp.git
@@ -24,4 +21,4 @@
 	url = ../../z2nd_lib/zlinuxcomponents.git
 [submodule "iflybuild"]
 	path = iflybuild
-	url = ../../z2nd_lib/iflybuild.git
+	url = ../../z2nd_lib/iflybuild.git
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dep/asio1.12.2 b/dep/asio1.12.2
deleted file mode 160000
index 9a8c8af..0000000
--- a/dep/asio1.12.2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 9a8c8af71e1dcef483560959ced09b09867bf2ee