diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c3c7d63e..f417da1c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -2,11 +2,3 @@
 	path = third_party/libnvidia-container
 	url = https://gitlab.com/nvidia/container-toolkit/libnvidia-container.git
 	branch = main
-[submodule "third_party/nvidia-container-runtime"]
-	path = third_party/nvidia-container-runtime
-	url = https://gitlab.com/nvidia/container-toolkit/container-runtime.git
-	branch = main
-[submodule "third_party/nvidia-docker"]
-	path = third_party/nvidia-docker
-	url = https://gitlab.com/nvidia/container-toolkit/nvidia-docker.git
-	branch = main