diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index db744b8a..e260fdf5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "docs"]
     path = docs
     url = https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox.wiki.git
-[submodule "archivebox/vendor/pocket"]
-	path = archivebox/vendor/pocket
-	url = https://github.com/tapanpandita/pocket
-[submodule "archivebox/vendor/pydantic-pkgr"]
-	path = archivebox/vendor/pydantic-pkgr
-	url = https://github.com/ArchiveBox/pydantic-pkgr
diff --git a/archivebox/vendor/__init__.py b/archivebox/vendor/__init__.py
index 3b120cba..e2e97a7c 100644
--- a/archivebox/vendor/__init__.py
+++ b/archivebox/vendor/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ VENDOR_DIR = Path(__file__).parent
 
 VENDORED_LIBS = [
     'abx',
-    'pydantic-pkgr',
+    # 'pydantic-pkgr',
 ]
 
 # scan ./vendor and add all dirs present to list of available VENDORED_LIBS
diff --git a/archivebox/vendor/pydantic-pkgr b/archivebox/vendor/pydantic-pkgr
deleted file mode 160000
index a116eaef..00000000
--- a/archivebox/vendor/pydantic-pkgr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit a116eaef7f090dc872b18e82b5a538313075ded6
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3fe42605..065bff61 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ dev-dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [tool.uv.sources]
-pydantic-pkgr = { workspace = true }
+# pydantic-pkgr = { workspace = true }
 
 abx = { workspace = true }
 abx-spec-pydantic-pkgr = { workspace = true }