diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab24c0c05..6c80c95c3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ surfsense_web/playwright/.auth/
 surfsense_web/playwright-report/
 surfsense_web/test-results/
 surfsense_web/blob-report/
+hermes-agent
 hermes-agent/
diff --git a/hermes-agent b/hermes-agent
deleted file mode 160000
index cca2869d7..000000000
--- a/hermes-agent
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit cca2869d78388e049ff1116e420b7209643a9c15