diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4d1dfd1..5e3cbff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ compile_commands.json
 # Generated MAVLink headers
 /include/mavlink
 
-# Ignore addons files (copied from submodules), except uid created on import
-/project/addons/godot-xr-tools/**
-!/project/addons/godot-xr-tools/**/*.uid
-
 # Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/c++,godot,scons,python
 # Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=c++,godot,scons,python
 
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3449673..223680a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@
 [submodule "modules/mavlink"]
 	path = modules/mavlink
 	url = https://github.com/marsh-sim/mavlink.git
-[submodule "modules/godot-xr-tools"]
-	path = modules/godot-xr-tools
-	url = https://github.com/GodotVR/godot-xr-tools.git
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cfed8ed..aa6fcd1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ Some files are generated, run the following commands on first setup and when dep
 godot --dump-extension-api  # after updating Godot
 scons compile_commands      # after modifying SConstruct
 python update_mavlink.py    # after updating MAVLink dialect
-python update_addons.py     # after changing any addon submodules
 ```
 
 ### Windows setup
diff --git a/modules/godot-xr-tools b/modules/godot-xr-tools
deleted file mode 160000
index d36af37..0000000
--- a/modules/godot-xr-tools
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit d36af3730e1a7671cfe379b5531b6e68abeb3504
diff --git a/project/addons/godot-xr-tools/plugin.gd.uid b/project/addons/godot-xr-tools/plugin.gd.uid
deleted file mode 100644
index 6116563..0000000
--- a/project/addons/godot-xr-tools/plugin.gd.uid
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-uid://46i64f2dmonl
diff --git a/project/addons/godot-xr-tools/xr_tools.gd.uid b/project/addons/godot-xr-tools/xr_tools.gd.uid
deleted file mode 100644
index ee86026..0000000
--- a/project/addons/godot-xr-tools/xr_tools.gd.uid
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-uid://c086s0jrgaiwi
diff --git a/update_addons.py b/update_addons.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 151aea3..0000000
--- a/update_addons.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-from os import path
-from shutil import copytree
-
-# add repository root path
-root_path = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
-
-copytree(
-    path.join(root_path, 'modules', 'godot-xr-tools', 'addons'),
-    path.join(root_path, 'project', 'addons'),
-    dirs_exist_ok=True,
-)