diff --git a/.ansible-lint b/.ansible-lint
index 0c5e668..e5e7a17 100644
--- a/.ansible-lint
+++ b/.ansible-lint
@@ -5,6 +5,3 @@ skip_list:
   - ANSIBLE0010
 use_default_rules: true
 verbosity: 1
-exclude_paths:
-  # Ignore submodule https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-ops-agents-ansible
-  - roles/google_cloud_ops_agents/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
index cfdb2d0..c632899 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
@@ -31,12 +31,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install ansible-base (${{ matrix.ansible_version }})
         run: pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/${{ matrix.ansible_version }}.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
       - name: Run ansible-test sanity
-        # validate-modules cannot be turned on until #498 is resolved.
-        run: ansible-test sanity -v --color --skip validate-modules
+        run: ansible-test sanity -v --color
       - name: Install ansible-lint
         run: pip install ansible-lint==24.7.0
       - name: Run ansible-lint
-        run: ansible-lint --exclude roles/google_cloud_ops_agents/
+        run: ansible-lint
   unit:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d2424a0..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "roles/google_cloud_ops_agents"]
-	path = roles/google_cloud_ops_agents
-	url = https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-ops-agents-ansible.git
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index d7fe8d7..99681e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ Google.Cloud Release Notes
 v1.5.0
 ======
 
+Major Changes
+-------------
+
+- google_cloud_ops_agents - role submodule removed because it prevents the collection from passing sanity and lint tests
+
 Minor Changes
 -------------
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index bc0d85b..9ce4438 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -109,11 +109,15 @@ releases:
       - ansible-test - integration tests are now run against 2.17 and 2.18
       - gcp_bigquery_table - properly handle BigQuery table clustering fields
       - gcp_pubsub_subscription - fixed improper subscription uprade PATCH request
+      major_changes:
+      - google_cloud_ops_agents - role submodule removed because it prevents the collection
+        from passing sanity and lint tests
       minor_changes:
       - gcp_pubsub_subscription - allows to create GCS subscription
     fragments:
     - fix-bigquery-table-create-clustering.yml
     - gcp_pubsub_subscription_bugfix.yaml
     - gcp_pubsub_subscription_gcs_feature.yaml
+    - remove-google_cloud_ops_agents-role.yml
     - upgrade_anisble.yml
     release_date: '2025-01-14'
diff --git a/roles/google_cloud_ops_agents b/roles/google_cloud_ops_agents
deleted file mode 160000
index 99adb1e..0000000
--- a/roles/google_cloud_ops_agents
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 99adb1edafb02c3573eaf680266205295ba7f159