diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1b5ee18..3923c60 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -8,8 +8,3 @@
 	url = https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264.git
 	branch = stable
     shallow = true
-[submodule "codecs/x265"]
-	path = codecs/x265
-	url = https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265_git.git
-	branch = Release_4.1
-    shallow = true
diff --git a/codecs/x265 b/codecs/x265
deleted file mode 160000
index 32e25ff..0000000
--- a/codecs/x265
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 32e25ffcf810c5fe284901859b369270824c4596
diff --git a/make/configure-x265.sh b/make/configure-x265.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c8ff0a3..0000000
--- a/make/configure-x265.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# People's Video Editor: high quality, GPU accelerated mp4 editor
-# Copyright (C) 2025 Roz K <roz@rozk.net>
-#
-# This file is part of People's Video Editor.
-#
-# People's Video Editor is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
-# GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
-# or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# People's Video Editor is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
-# without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-# See the GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with People's Video Editor.
-# If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-source_directory="codecs/x265"
-build_directory="build/${source_directory}"
-install_directory="build/codecs"
-
-if ! [ -d ${source_directory} ] ; then
-	echo "This script must be executed from the root directory: ./make/configure-x265.sh"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-mkdir -p ${build_directory}/8bit
-mkdir -p ${build_directory}/10bit
-mkdir -p ${build_directory}/12bit
-mkdir -p ${install_directory}
-
-absolute_source_directory=$(realpath ${source_directory})
-absolute_build_directory=$(realpath ${build_directory})
-absolute_install_directory=$(realpath ${install_directory})
-
-cmake -S ${absolute_source_directory}/source -B ${absolute_build_directory}/12bit \
-	-Wno-dev \
-	-DHIGH_BIT_DEPTH=ON \
-	-DEXPORT_C_API=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_SHARED=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_CLI=OFF \
-	-DMAIN12=ON
-
-cmake -S ${absolute_source_directory}/source -B ${absolute_build_directory}/10bit \
-	-Wno-dev \
-	-DHIGH_BIT_DEPTH=ON \
-	-DEXPORT_C_API=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_SHARED=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_CLI=OFF
-
-cmake -S ${absolute_source_directory}/source -B ${absolute_build_directory}/8bit \
-	--install-prefix ${absolute_install_directory} \
-	-Wno-dev \
-	-DEXTRA_LIB="x265_main10.a;x265_main12.a" \
-	-DEXTRA_LINK_FLAGS=-L. \
-	-DLINKED_10BIT=ON \
-	-DLINKED_12BIT=ON \
-	-DENABLE_SHARED=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_CLI=OFF
diff --git a/make/make-x265.sh b/make/make-x265.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2039bb0..0000000
--- a/make/make-x265.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# People's Video Editor: high quality, GPU accelerated mp4 editor
-# Copyright (C) 2025 Roz K <roz@rozk.net>
-#
-# This file is part of People's Video Editor.
-#
-# People's Video Editor is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
-# GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
-# or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# People's Video Editor is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
-# without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-# See the GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with People's Video Editor.
-# If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-source_directory="codecs/x265"
-build_directory="build/${source_directory}"
-
-if ! [ -d ${source_directory} ] ; then
-	echo "This script must be executed from the root directory: ./make/make-x264.sh"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-if ! [ -d ${build_directory} ] ; then
-	./make/configure-x265.sh || exit 1
-fi
-
-absolute_build_directory=$(realpath ${build_directory})
-
-cd ${absolute_build_directory}/12bit
-make || exit 1
-
-cd ${absolute_build_directory}/10bit
-make || exit1
-
-cd ${absolute_build_directory}/8bit
-
-ln -sf ../10bit/libx265.a libx265_main10.a
-ln -sf ../12bit/libx265.a libx265_main12.a
-
-make || exit 1
-
-mv -f libx265.a libx265_main.a
-
-uname=`uname`
-if [ "$uname" = "Linux" ] ; then
-ar -M <<EOF
-CREATE libx265.a
-ADDLIB libx265_main.a
-ADDLIB libx265_main10.a
-ADDLIB libx265_main12.a
-SAVE
-END
-EOF
-else
-libtool -static -o libx265.a libx265_main.a libx265_main10.a libx265_main12.a 2>/dev/null
-fi
-
-make install