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
index 438416894..f081faa46 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/tests/submodule/remove_in_linked_worktree.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/submodule/remove_in_linked_worktree.go
@@ -42,11 +42,7 @@ var RemoveInLinkedWorktree = NewIntegrationTest(NewIntegrationTestArgs{
 			IsEmpty()
 
 		t.FileSystem().
-			/* EXPECTED:
 			PathPresent(mainGitDirSubmodulePath).
 			PathNotPresent(linkedGitDirSubmodulePath)
-			ACTUAL: */
-			PathNotPresent(mainGitDirSubmodulePath).
-			PathPresent(linkedGitDirSubmodulePath)
 	},
 })