diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 770156842e..f4bf959a68 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@
 [submodule "cmake/external/dlpack"]
 	path = cmake/external/dlpack
 	url = https://github.com/dmlc/dlpack.git
-[submodule "cmake/external/emsdk"]
-	path = cmake/external/emsdk
-	url = https://github.com/emscripten-core/emsdk.git
-	branch = 3.1.3
 [submodule "cmake/external/onnxruntime-extensions"]
 	path = cmake/external/onnxruntime-extensions
 	url = https://github.com/microsoft/onnxruntime-extensions.git
diff --git a/cmake/external/emsdk b/cmake/external/emsdk
deleted file mode 160000
index 3acac70a55..0000000000
--- a/cmake/external/emsdk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 3acac70a551c321574732e5bfd67930244bb7151