diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0963fe0..0063e68 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -175,4 +175,5 @@ pyrightconfig.json
 
 # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/python
 
-autobigs-engine/*
\ No newline at end of file
+autobigs-engine/*
+bioconda-recipes/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bioconda-recipes b/bioconda-recipes
deleted file mode 160000
index bca9514..0000000
--- a/bioconda-recipes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit bca9514062303e6470b9dbb628b02f76f8de258d