diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1619401d70cc2..74ad3d680ad30 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
 [submodule "third_party/cares/cares"]
 	path = third_party/cares/cares
 	url = https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares.git
-	branch = cares-1_12_0
-[submodule "third_party/bloaty"]
-	path = third_party/bloaty
-	url = https://github.com/google/bloaty.git
+  branch = cares-1_12_0
+# Disabled due to https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/8258
+#[submodule "third_party/bloaty"]
+#	path = third_party/bloaty
+#	url = https://github.com/google/bloaty.git
 [submodule "third_party/abseil-cpp"]
 	path = third_party/abseil-cpp
 	url = https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp
diff --git a/third_party/bloaty b/third_party/bloaty
deleted file mode 160000
index 73594cde8c9a5..0000000000000
--- a/third_party/bloaty
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 73594cde8c9a52a102c4341c244c833aa61b9c06