diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e33902db52..20c2c848a6 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 [submodule "rednose_repo"]
   path = rednose_repo
   url = ../../commaai/rednose.git
-[submodule "body"]
-  path = body
-  url = ../../commaai/body.git
 [submodule "teleoprtc_repo"]
   path = teleoprtc_repo
   url = ../../commaai/teleoprtc
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 329ebe3308..fb5c43c9ad 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ Export('messaging')
 
 # Build other submodules
 SConscript([
-  'body/board/SConscript',
   'opendbc/can/SConscript',
   'panda/SConscript',
 ])
diff --git a/body b/body
deleted file mode 160000
index c433da944f..0000000000
--- a/body
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit c433da944f0e4d974cd66601effa66a06355debe
diff --git a/release/release_files.py b/release/release_files.py
index 24ce6d14b3..1590807435 100755
--- a/release/release_files.py
+++ b/release/release_files.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ ROOT = HERE + "/.."
 # - minimizing release download size
 # - keeping the diff readable
 blacklist = [
-  "body/STL/",
-
   "panda/drivers/",
   "panda/examples/",
   "panda/tests/safety/",
diff --git a/tools/op.sh b/tools/op.sh
index 3dd375c960..d3311c81fa 100755
--- a/tools/op.sh
+++ b/tools/op.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function op_check_git() {
   fi
 
   echo "Checking for git submodules..."
-  for name in body msgq_repo opendbc panda rednose_repo tinygrad_repo; do
+  for name in msgq_repo opendbc panda rednose_repo tinygrad_repo; do
     if [[ -z $(ls $OPENPILOT_ROOT/$name) ]]; then
       echo -e " ↳ [${RED}✗${NC}] git submodule $name not found! Run 'git submodule update --init --recursive'"
       return 1