diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 407a3187..c5495c2c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -5,7 +5,3 @@
 	path = contrib/tor-connect
 	url = https://github.com/letheanVPN/tor-connect.git
 	branch = main
-[submodule "src/gui/qt-daemon/layout"]
-	path = src/gui/qt-daemon/layout
-	url = https://github.com/hyle-team/zano_ui.git
-	branch = main
diff --git a/src/gui/qt-daemon/layout b/src/gui/qt-daemon/layout
deleted file mode 160000
index f8e9556f..00000000
--- a/src/gui/qt-daemon/layout
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit f8e9556fbaccd49841ce91afc3c90c8e3142ac95