diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 65041887a20354f10723c5d63b1cfcd8ee1c7903..bd49cb6736b9acde554041fc9acd4a6253051465 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 [submodule "pymsc"]
 	path = pymsc
 	url = https://gitrepos.estec.esa.int/taste/pymsc.git
-[submodule "properties"]
-	path = properties
-	url = https://gitrepos.estec.esa.int/taste/properties.git
 [submodule "orchestrator"]
 	path = orchestrator
 	url = https://gitrepos.estec.esa.int/taste/orchestrator.git
diff --git a/properties b/properties
deleted file mode 160000
index 84968d20b828d4e7b69758ad9ab07ccb38dc1f85..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 84968d20b828d4e7b69758ad9ab07ccb38dc1f85