diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index ac8afd5c00c28220b365173feeb02ba7b63a5e8c..64d3eb08d061f82e6c61f22f44fc959ea145f873 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -278,16 +278,6 @@ Performance/DeletePrefix:
     - 'spec/lib/gitlab/gfm/uploads_rewriter_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/support/helpers/test_env.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 5
-# Cop supports --auto-correct.
-# Configuration parameters: SafeMultiline.
-Performance/DeleteSuffix:
-  Exclude:
-    - 'app/helpers/submodule_helper.rb'
-    - 'app/workers/concerns/application_worker.rb'
-    - 'ee/app/models/geo/upload_registry.rb'
-    - 'ee/app/workers/geo/file_download_dispatch_worker/attachment_job_finder.rb'
-
 # Offense count: 121
 Performance/MethodObjectAsBlock:
   Enabled: false
diff --git a/app/helpers/submodule_helper.rb b/app/helpers/submodule_helper.rb
index f1e0be3a622a6a50f99e3a4a0ce4e4a15a5f152a..d3af6a00181cbc7e75a53ed274ada13c08ad6106 100644
--- a/app/helpers/submodule_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/submodule_helper.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def submodule_links_for_url(submodule_item_id, url, repository, old_submodule_it
 
       namespace.sub!(%r{\A/}, '')
       project.rstrip!
-      project.sub!(/\.git\z/, '')
+      project.delete_suffix!('.git')
 
       if self_url?(url, namespace, project)
         [