diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e075e0c62..1a5ae2c5d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -116,6 +116,3 @@
 [submodule "hw/mcu/silabs/cmsis-dfp-efm32gg12b"]
 	path = hw/mcu/silabs/cmsis-dfp-efm32gg12b
 	url = https://github.com/cmsis-packs/cmsis-dfp-efm32gg12b
-[submodule "hw/mcu/renesas"]
-	path = hw/mcu/renesas
-	url = https://github.com/kkitayam/rx_device.git
diff --git a/hw/mcu/renesas b/hw/mcu/renesas
deleted file mode 160000
index 4a51dfe6e..000000000
--- a/hw/mcu/renesas
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 4a51dfe6ecdf936d2d89f223f069e24a2d109207