diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d959c0e524..9e0e4da849 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ node_modules
 
 # Persistent data
 _data/
+/openspec/
+/.gitmodules
 
 # AI Instructions (generated by skills/setup.sh from AGENTS.md)
 CLAUDE.md
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f83e0c03e..0000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "openspec"]
-	path = openspec
-	url = https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler-openspec-opensource.git
diff --git a/openspec b/openspec
deleted file mode 160000
index abf67069fa..0000000000
--- a/openspec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit abf67069fa092259f99f66c49fe546203f764e58