diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 27f0a3d..5edc2b8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,6 +7,3 @@
 [submodule "support/jade"]
 	path = support/jade
 	url = git://github.com/visionmedia/jade.git
-[submodule "benchmarks/node-o3-canvas"]
-	path = benchmarks/node-o3-canvas
-	url = https://github.com/ajaxorg/node-o3-canvas.git
diff --git a/benchmarks/node-o3-canvas b/benchmarks/node-o3-canvas
deleted file mode 160000
index 87aaeba..0000000
--- a/benchmarks/node-o3-canvas
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 87aaeba756d1116a1358a8230dcfc042b68c6cf0