diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index fa1c4f10f..18bee8413 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 [submodule "plugins/obs-browser"]
 	path = plugins/obs-browser
 	url = https://github.com/obsproject/obs-browser.git
-[submodule "plugins/obs-vst"]
-	path = plugins/obs-vst
-	url = https://github.com/obsproject/obs-vst.git
 [submodule "plugins/obs-outputs/ftl-sdk"]
 	path = plugins/obs-outputs/ftl-sdk
 	url = https://github.com/Mixer/ftl-sdk.git
diff --git a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 72c506b9e..c38bfd4b4 100644
--- a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@ function(check_obs_browser)
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
-function(check_obs_vst)
-  if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/obs-vst/CMakeLists.txt)
-    add_subdirectory(obs-vst)
-  else()
-    obs_status(FATAL_ERROR "obs-vst submodule not available.")
-  endif()
-endfunction()
-
 # APPLE/WIN32/UNIX are soft-deprecated:
 # https://discourse.cmake.org/t/platform-id-vs-win32-vs-cmake-system-name/1226/2
 if(OS_WINDOWS)
@@ -43,7 +35,6 @@ if(OS_WINDOWS)
   endif()
 
   check_obs_browser()
-  check_obs_vst()
 elseif(OS_MACOS)
   add_subdirectory(coreaudio-encoder)
   add_subdirectory(mac-avcapture)
@@ -56,7 +47,6 @@ elseif(OS_MACOS)
   add_subdirectory(linux-jack)
 
   check_obs_browser()
-  check_obs_vst()
 elseif(OS_LINUX)
   add_subdirectory(linux-capture)
   add_subdirectory(linux-pulseaudio)
@@ -69,7 +59,6 @@ elseif(OS_LINUX)
   add_subdirectory(sndio)
 
   check_obs_browser()
-  check_obs_vst()
 elseif(OS_FREEBSD)
   add_subdirectory(linux-capture)
   add_subdirectory(linux-pulseaudio)
diff --git a/plugins/obs-vst b/plugins/obs-vst
deleted file mode 160000
index b2fd17f65..000000000
--- a/plugins/obs-vst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit b2fd17f6564da1cb03495fd957147d8002ee2a79