diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index fffb2f4eeb8b89..2a7e687583373a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,6 +19,3 @@
 [submodule "xed-xed"]
 	path = third-party/xed/xed
 	url = https://github.com/intelxed/xed.git
-[submodule "fb-mysql"]
-	path = third-party/fb-mysql/mysql-5.6
-	url = https://github.com/facebook/mysql-5.6.git
diff --git a/third-party/fb-mysql/mysql-5.6 b/third-party/fb-mysql/mysql-5.6
deleted file mode 160000
index f7c9e2f2d11f09..00000000000000
--- a/third-party/fb-mysql/mysql-5.6
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit f7c9e2f2d11f09bd003a101f89153bde85ac4da8
diff --git a/third-party/fb-mysql/src b/third-party/fb-mysql/src
index 57f882e86b6b61..e071dc5c619c7c 120000
--- a/third-party/fb-mysql/src
+++ b/third-party/fb-mysql/src
@@ -1 +1 @@
-mysql-5.6
\ No newline at end of file
+8.0.20
\ No newline at end of file