diff --git a/scripts/qt/qt_update_submodules.pl b/scripts/qt/qt_update_submodules.pl
index d47a75e43546ab8350a131888baeffcf2ce95e56..c72f4e1371147d34a9a2db9b8708d35681bcaa12 100755
--- a/scripts/qt/qt_update_submodules.pl
+++ b/scripts/qt/qt_update_submodules.pl
@@ -266,12 +266,6 @@ sub update_submodule
         confess "Command `@cmd' did not output a giturl";
     }
 
-    # Let's be prepared for relative paths in .gitmodules
-    if ($giturl eq "../$submodule.git") {
-        $giturl = trim $self->exe_qx( qw(git config --file), "$base_dir/.git/config", "remote.origin.url" );
-        $giturl =~ s,[^/]+$,$submodule.git,;
-    }
-
     chdir catfile($base_dir, $submodule);
     $self->exe( qw(git fetch --verbose), $giturl, "+$ref:refs/heads/updated_submodule" );