diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 152400db..041a1d48 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "emerald-java-client"]
-	path = emerald-java-client
-	url = https://github.com/p2p-org/emerald-java-client.git
 [submodule "dshackle-cli/grpc"]
 	path = dshackle-cli/grpc
 	url = https://github.com/p2p-org/emerald-grpc.git
diff --git a/emerald-java-client b/emerald-java-client
deleted file mode 160000
index 6efc63d1..00000000
--- a/emerald-java-client
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 6efc63d11f502bba6f756db5f23349016a1a3a74
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 470d0974..0778dbab 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,8 +1,2 @@
 enableFeaturePreview("VERSION_CATALOGS")
 enableFeaturePreview("TYPESAFE_PROJECT_ACCESSORS")
-
-includeBuild('./emerald-java-client') {
-    dependencySubstitution {
-        substitute module('io.emeraldpay:emerald-api:0.12-alpha.3') using project(':')
-    }
-}
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