diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 54309e7..04d37c5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -93,3 +93,6 @@ tests/.scratch/
 *.o.stamp
 tests/apps/standalone/*/stack_test*.mjs
 tests/apps/standalone/*/coroutine_jspi_test*.mjs
+
+# jspi retired the asyncify pipeline; leftover binaryen checkouts stay untracked
+/binaryen/
diff --git a/binaryen b/binaryen
deleted file mode 160000
index 1d40cf5..0000000
--- a/binaryen
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 1d40cf5a8fc87f2c412b4b6081b1054d0b1cab22