diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 28fd2369f7..0501c3fb7f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/ui-library"]
 	path = lib/ui-library
 	url = https://github.com/pkp/ui-library
-[submodule "plugins/generic/acron"]
-	path = plugins/generic/acron
-	url = https://github.com/pkp/acron
 [submodule "plugins/generic/citationStyleLanguage"]
 	path = plugins/generic/citationStyleLanguage
 	url = https://github.com/pkp/citationStyleLanguage
diff --git a/plugins/generic/acron b/plugins/generic/acron
deleted file mode 160000
index 0757ad78ef..0000000000
--- a/plugins/generic/acron
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 0757ad78ef1d0bd0bc21ed2fcebd46418bbe58e6