diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-submodule-pointers.yml b/.github/workflows/check-submodule-pointers.yml
index b25edc5..a7bca5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-submodule-pointers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-submodule-pointers.yml
@@ -27,11 +27,3 @@ jobs:
               echo "::error:: The ql submodule is out of date with the lgtm.com branch of github/codeql. Expected $CODEQL_EXPECTED_SHA, found $CODEQL_ACTUAL_SHA."
               exit 1
             fi
-
-            CODEQL_GO_ACTUAL_SHA="$(git rev-parse @:./codeql-go)"
-            CODEQL_GO_EXPECTED_SHA="$(gh api repos/github/codeql-go/git/ref/heads/lgtm.com --jq '.object.sha')"
-            echo "The codeql-go submodule currently points to $CODEQL_GO_ACTUAL_SHA. The tip of the lgtm.com branch of github/codeql-go is $CODEQL_GO_EXPECTED_SHA."
-            if [ "$CODEQL_GO_EXPECTED_SHA" != "$CODEQL_GO_ACTUAL_SHA" ]; then 
-              echo "::error:: The codeql-go submodule is out of date with the lgtm.com branch of github/codeql-go. Expected $CODEQL_GO_EXPECTED_SHA, found $CODEQL_GO_ACTUAL_SHA."
-              exit 1
-            fi
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6d2405b..381ac09 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -2,7 +2,3 @@
 	path = ql
 	url = https://github.com/github/codeql.git
 	branch = lgtm.com
-[submodule "codeql-go"]
-	path = codeql-go
-	url = https://github.com/github/codeql-go.git
-	branch = lgtm.com
diff --git a/codeql-go b/codeql-go
deleted file mode 160000
index 3423729..0000000
--- a/codeql-go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 3423729f4c8680fee080801d7fd84430b015d4f9
diff --git a/ql b/ql
index b13123e..8cd261a 160000
--- a/ql
+++ b/ql
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b13123e66ed723b31f801e82b2ccb2ffb2428db4
+Subproject commit 8cd261af0ed7edb7cd6b8ea6a0ffd99033b79783