diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3be2da0..f30ad70 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "themes/fmtools"]
 	path = themes/fmtools
 	url = https://gitmoss.fyi/fmtools/hugo-template.git
-[submodule "public"]
-	path = public
-	url = https://gitmoss.fyi/fmtools/public.git
 [submodule "data/publications"]
 	path = data/publications
 	url = https://gitmoss.fyi/fmtools/publications.git
diff --git a/public b/public
deleted file mode 160000
index dff0d58..0000000
--- a/public
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit dff0d58ccc6fad6c99eb443f5343d2e244e09263