diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4d2cd0d..89af1b0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "themes/PaperMod"]
 	path = themes/PaperMod
 	url = https://github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod.git
-[submodule "themes/hugo-notepadium"]
-	path = themes/hugo-notepadium
-	url = https://github.com/cntrump/hugo-notepadium.git
diff --git a/themes/hugo-notepadium b/themes/hugo-notepadium
deleted file mode 160000
index ee653fd..0000000
--- a/themes/hugo-notepadium
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit ee653fdb201ae42467ac73bcc69324ad14e357ed