diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8fbcde15..027a1274 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@
 [submodule "qt3d"]
 	path = qt3d
 	url = ../qt3d.git
-[submodule "qtjsbackend"]
-	path = qtjsbackend
-	url = ../qtjsbackend.git
 [submodule "qtimageformats"]
 	path = qtimageformats
 	url = ../qtimageformats.git
diff --git a/init-repository b/init-repository
index b355ffa3..7c23f1c8 100755
--- a/init-repository
+++ b/init-repository
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ my %GERRIT_REPOS = map { $_ => "qt/$_" } qw(
     qtgraphicaleffects
     qtimageformats
     qtjsondb
-    qtjsbackend
     qtlocation
     qtmacextras
     qtmultimedia
@@ -255,7 +254,6 @@ my @DEFAULT_REPOS = qw(
     qtdoc
     qtgraphicaleffects
     qtimageformats
-    qtjsbackend
     qtmultimedia
     qtqa
     qtquick1
diff --git a/qt.pro b/qt.pro
index 28b54a44..10f05dc1 100644
--- a/qt.pro
+++ b/qt.pro
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ addModule(qtx11extras, qtbase)
 addModule(qlalr, qtbase)
 addModule(qtsvg, qtbase)
 addModule(qtxmlpatterns, qtbase)
-addModule(qtjsbackend, qtbase)
 addModule(qtdeclarative, qtbase, qtsvg qtxmlpatterns)
 addModule(qtquickcontrols, qtdeclarative)
 addModule(qtmultimedia, qtdeclarative)
diff --git a/qtjsbackend b/qtjsbackend
deleted file mode 160000
index 2e8e6b78..00000000
--- a/qtjsbackend
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 2e8e6b78cf673d12beb240434e6a92470a9c5603