diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1749696..3167aa9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@
 [submodule "ext/glm"]
 	path = ext/glm
 	url = https://github.com/g-truc/glm.git
-[submodule "ext/pthreads4w-code"]
-	path = ext/pthreads4w-code
-	url = https://git.code.sf.net/p/pthreads4w/code
diff --git a/LivePlotter.vcxproj b/LivePlotter.vcxproj
index a2131d0..e784240 100644
--- a/LivePlotter.vcxproj
+++ b/LivePlotter.vcxproj
@@ -97,15 +97,15 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
-    <LibraryPath>$(SolutionDir)lib;$(SolutionDir)ext\pthreads4w-code\build\Debug;$(SolutionDir)ext\glfw\build\src\Debug;$(VC_LibraryPath_x64);$(WindowsSDK_LibraryPath_x64)</LibraryPath>
-    <IncludePath>$(SolutionDir)ext\pthreads4w-code;$(SolutionDir)ext\glm;$(SolutionDir)ext\glfw\include;$(SolutionDir)inc;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
+    <LibraryPath>$(SolutionDir)lib;$(SolutionDir)ext\glfw\build\src\Debug;$(VC_LibraryPath_x64);$(WindowsSDK_LibraryPath_x64)</LibraryPath>
+    <IncludePath>$(SolutionDir)ext\glm;$(SolutionDir)ext\glfw\include;$(SolutionDir)inc;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
     <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)bin\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
     <IntDir>$(SolutionDir)obj\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
     <SourcePath>$(SolutionDir)src;$(SourcePath)</SourcePath>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='DebugDLL|x64'">
-    <LibraryPath>$(SolutionDir)lib;$(SolutionDir)ext\pthreads4w-code\build\Debug;$(SolutionDir)ext\glfw\build\src\Debug;$(VC_LibraryPath_x64);$(WindowsSDK_LibraryPath_x64)</LibraryPath>
-    <IncludePath>$(SolutionDir)ext\pthreads4w-code;$(SolutionDir)ext\glm;$(SolutionDir)ext\glfw\include;$(SolutionDir)inc;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
+    <LibraryPath>$(SolutionDir)lib;$(SolutionDir)ext\glfw\build\src\Debug;$(VC_LibraryPath_x64);$(WindowsSDK_LibraryPath_x64)</LibraryPath>
+    <IncludePath>$(SolutionDir)ext\glm;$(SolutionDir)ext\glfw\include;$(SolutionDir)inc;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
     <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)bin\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
     <IntDir>$(SolutionDir)obj\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
     <SourcePath>$(SolutionDir)src;$(SourcePath)</SourcePath>
@@ -161,10 +161,10 @@
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>ext\pthreads4w-code\build\Debug\pthreadVC3d.lib;glfw3.lib;opengl32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>glfw3.lib;opengl32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
     <PostBuildEvent>
-      <Command>xcopy /y "$(SolutionDir)poses.csv"  "$(OutDir)" &amp;&amp; xcopy /y "$(SolutionDir)ext\pthreads4w-code\build\Debug\pthreadVC3d.dll" "$(OutDir)"</Command>
+      <Command>xcopy /y "$(SolutionDir)poses.csv"  "$(OutDir)"</Command>
     </PostBuildEvent>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='DebugDLL|x64'">
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>ext\pthreads4w-code\build\Debug\pthreadVC3d.lib;glfw3.lib;opengl32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>glfw3.lib;opengl32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
     <PostBuildEvent>
-      <Command>xcopy /y "$(SolutionDir)poses.csv"  "$(OutDir)" &amp;&amp; xcopy /y "$(SolutionDir)ext\pthreads4w-code\build\Debug\pthreadVC3d.dll" "$(OutDir)"</Command>
+      <Command>xcopy /y "$(SolutionDir)poses.csv"  "$(OutDir)"</Command>
     </PostBuildEvent>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
@@ -213,10 +213,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PthreadDLL Include="ext\pthreads4w-code\build\Debug\pthreadVC3d.dll" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <Target Name="CopyFiles">
-    <Copy SourceFiles="@(PthreadDLL)" DestinationFolder="$(TargetDir)" />
-  </Target>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/ext/pthreads4w-code b/ext/pthreads4w-code
deleted file mode 160000
index 8e467a6..0000000
--- a/ext/pthreads4w-code
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 8e467a62a14fd9de15af33beec0a913d23f4d2f9
diff --git a/src/live_plotter.cpp b/src/live_plotter.cpp
index 9511973..5b9a0dc 100644
--- a/src/live_plotter.cpp
+++ b/src/live_plotter.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <glm/matrix.hpp>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <winnt.h>
 #include <algorithm>