diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/submodule.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/submodule.go
index 0fa5de9df..79d3e2318 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/submodule.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/submodule.go
@@ -269,9 +269,8 @@ func (self *SubmoduleCommands) Delete(submodule *models.SubmoduleConfig) error {
 		self.Log.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	// We may in fact want to use the repo's git dir path but git docs say not to
-	// mix submodules and worktrees anyway.
-	return os.RemoveAll(submodule.GitDirPath(self.repoPaths.repoGitDirPath))
+	// Git keeps the git dirs of submodules separately for each worktree
+	return os.RemoveAll(submodule.GitDirPath(self.repoPaths.WorktreeGitDirPath()))
 }
 
 func (self *SubmoduleCommands) Add(name string, path string, url string) error {
diff --git a/pkg/commands/models/submodule_config.go b/pkg/commands/models/submodule_config.go
index 7df0d131a..48d838ff4 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/models/submodule_config.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/models/submodule_config.go
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ func (r *SubmoduleConfig) Description() string {
 	return r.RefName()
 }
 
-func (r *SubmoduleConfig) GitDirPath(repoGitDirPath string) string {
-	parentPath := repoGitDirPath
+func (r *SubmoduleConfig) GitDirPath(worktreeGitDirPath string) string {
+	parentPath := worktreeGitDirPath
 	if r.ParentModule != nil {
-		parentPath = r.ParentModule.GitDirPath(repoGitDirPath)
+		parentPath = r.ParentModule.GitDirPath(worktreeGitDirPath)
 	}
 
 	return filepath.Join(parentPath, "modules", r.Name)
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/submodule/remove_in_linked_worktree.go b/pkg/integration/tests/submodule/remove_in_linked_worktree.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f081faa46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/submodule/remove_in_linked_worktree.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package submodule
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/config"
+	. "github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/components"
+)
+
+var RemoveInLinkedWorktree = NewIntegrationTest(NewIntegrationTestArgs{
+	Description:  "Remove a submodule in a linked worktree",
+	ExtraCmdArgs: []string{},
+	Skip:         false,
+	SetupConfig:  func(config *config.AppConfig) {},
+	SetupRepo: func(shell *Shell) {
+		shell.EmptyCommit("first commit")
+		shell.CloneIntoSubmodule("my_submodule_name", "my_submodule_path")
+		shell.GitAddAll()
+		shell.Commit("add submodule")
+
+		shell.AddWorktree("HEAD", "../linked-worktree", "mybranch")
+		shell.Chdir("../linked-worktree")
+		shell.RunCommand([]string{"git", "submodule", "update", "--init"})
+	},
+	Run: func(t *TestDriver, keys config.KeybindingConfig) {
+		// Git keeps the git dirs of submodules separately for each worktree
+		mainGitDirSubmodulePath := "../repo/.git/modules/my_submodule_name"
+		linkedGitDirSubmodulePath := "../repo/.git/worktrees/linked-worktree/modules/my_submodule_name"
+		t.FileSystem().
+			PathPresent(mainGitDirSubmodulePath).
+			PathPresent(linkedGitDirSubmodulePath)
+
+		t.Views().Submodules().Focus().
+			Lines(
+				Contains("my_submodule_name").IsSelected(),
+			).
+			Press(keys.Universal.Remove).
+			Tap(func() {
+				t.ExpectPopup().Confirmation().
+					Title(Equals("Remove submodule")).
+					Content(Equals("Are you sure you want to remove submodule 'my_submodule_name' and its corresponding directory? This is irreversible.")).
+					Confirm()
+			}).
+			IsEmpty()
+
+		t.FileSystem().
+			PathPresent(mainGitDirSubmodulePath).
+			PathNotPresent(linkedGitDirSubmodulePath)
+	},
+})
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go b/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
index 36b71ea00..282c2436c 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ var tests = []*components.IntegrationTest{
 	submodule.EnterFromDotfileBareRepo,
 	submodule.EnterNested,
 	submodule.Remove,
+	submodule.RemoveInLinkedWorktree,
 	submodule.RemoveNested,
 	submodule.Reset,
 	submodule.ResetFolder,