diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 650f6b8..ad3fd78 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "x/pointless-xcompose"]
-	path = x/pointless-xcompose
-	url = https://github.com/leoboiko/pointless-xcompose
 [submodule "awesome/vicious"]
 	path = awesome/vicious
 	url = http://git.sysphere.org/vicious
diff --git a/x/XCompose.symlink b/x/XCompose.symlink
index 6cb6512..01dca8a 100644
--- a/x/XCompose.symlink
+++ b/x/XCompose.symlink
@@ -1,20 +1,6 @@
-include "/home/yorick/dotfiles/x/pointless-xcompose/abbrevs.xcompose"
-include "/home/yorick/dotfiles/x/pointless-xcompose/arrows.xcompose"
-include "/home/yorick/dotfiles/x/pointless-xcompose/bullets.xcompose"
-include "/home/yorick/dotfiles/x/pointless-xcompose/dingbats.xcompose"
-include "/home/yorick/dotfiles/x/pointless-xcompose/enclosed.xcompose"
-include "/home/yorick/dotfiles/x/pointless-xcompose/fractions.xcompose"
-include "/home/yorick/dotfiles/x/pointless-xcompose/historical.xcompose"
-include "/home/yorick/dotfiles/x/pointless-xcompose/hyphen-macron.xcompose"
-include "/home/yorick/dotfiles/x/pointless-xcompose/invisible.xcompose"
-include "/home/yorick/dotfiles/x/pointless-xcompose/math.xcompose"
-include "/home/yorick/dotfiles/x/pointless-xcompose/typographic.xcompose"
-include "/home/yorick/dotfiles/x/pointless-xcompose/dashes-hyphens.xcompose"
 
 <Multi_key> <s> <u> : "∑" U2211 # N-ARY SUMMATION
 
-<Multi_key> <asciitilde> <equal> : "≅" U2245 # APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO
-
 <Multi_key> <a> <l> : "∀" U2200 # FOR ALL
 <Multi_key> <e> <x> : "∃" U2201 # THERE EXISTS
 
diff --git a/x/pointless-xcompose b/x/pointless-xcompose
deleted file mode 160000
index c8c05ee..0000000
--- a/x/pointless-xcompose
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit c8c05ee744fbce4b9dbfcc8bd99914f3206b87e0