diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 371b62a605..184fad49d5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@
 [submodule "externals/dynarmic/externals/unordered_dense"]
 	path = externals/dynarmic/externals/unordered_dense
 	url = https://github.com/Lizzie841/unordered_dense.git
-[submodule "externals/dynarmic/externals/xbyak"]
-	path = externals/dynarmic/externals/xbyak
-	url = https://github.com/Lizzie841/xbyak.git
 [submodule "externals/dynarmic/externals/zycore-c"]
 	path = externals/dynarmic/externals/zycore-c
 	url = https://github.com/zyantific/zycore-c.git
diff --git a/externals/dynarmic/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/dynarmic/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index f96497db7a..67fb0f4190 100644
--- a/externals/dynarmic/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/dynarmic/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,12 +64,13 @@ if (NOT TARGET ankerl::unordered_dense)
 endif()
 
 # xbyak
+# uncomment if in an independent repo.
 
-if (NOT TARGET xbyak::xbyak)
-    if ("x86_64" IN_LIST ARCHITECTURE)
-        add_subdirectory(xbyak)
-    endif()
-endif()
+# if (NOT TARGET xbyak::xbyak)
+#     if ("x86_64" IN_LIST ARCHITECTURE)
+#         add_subdirectory(xbyak)
+#     endif()
+# endif()
 
 # zydis
 
diff --git a/externals/dynarmic/externals/xbyak b/externals/dynarmic/externals/xbyak
deleted file mode 160000
index 12557954c6..0000000000
--- a/externals/dynarmic/externals/xbyak
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 12557954c68a780563f9ab9fc24a3a156c96cba1