diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5f974cad0..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "definitions"]
-	path = definitions
-	url = git@github.com:opscode/basebox.git
diff --git a/definitions b/definitions
deleted file mode 160000
index 8a7505680..000000000
--- a/definitions
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 8a75056804b9772b17dcdea51f0111ca936c504b