diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eae40333a..fb1cbfc0b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ openpilot
 notebooks
 xx
 panda_jungle
+apks
+openpilot-apks
 
 .coverage*
 coverage.xml
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3d228f5cd..1e6110b7a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,13 +7,9 @@
 [submodule "laika_repo"]
 	path = laika_repo
 	url = ../../commaai/laika.git
-[submodule "apks"]
-	path = apks
-	url = ../../commaai/openpilot-apks.git
 [submodule "cereal"]
 	path = cereal
 	url = ../../commaai/cereal.git
-
 [submodule "rednose_repo"]
 	path = rednose_repo
 	url = ../../commaai/rednose.git
diff --git a/apks b/apks
deleted file mode 160000
index f5d2c1715..000000000
--- a/apks
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit f5d2c1715c9482d898062110ce4c612093aa5d4f