diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9bb6f3df77..53418dd77b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ This is the log of notable changes to EAS CLI and related packages.
 ### 🐛 Bug fixes
 
 - Do not copy files over onto a cloned Git repository when packing the project archive if `requireCommit` is true. ([#2885](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/2885) by [@sjchmiela](https://github.com/sjchmiela))
+- Fix `EISDIR` error when archiving project with submodules ignored. ([#2884](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/2884) by [@sjchmiela](https://github.com/sjchmiela))
 
 ### 🧹 Chores
 
diff --git a/packages/eas-cli/src/vcs/clients/__tests__/git.test.ts b/packages/eas-cli/src/vcs/clients/__tests__/git.test.ts
index ad1429ba92..7b1086551c 100644
--- a/packages/eas-cli/src/vcs/clients/__tests__/git.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eas-cli/src/vcs/clients/__tests__/git.test.ts
@@ -6,20 +6,17 @@ import path from 'path';
 import GitClient from '../git';
 
 describe('git', () => {
-  let repoRoot: string;
-  beforeAll(async () => {
-    repoRoot = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'eas-cli-git-test-'));
-    await spawnAsync('git', ['init'], { cwd: repoRoot });
-  });
-
-  afterAll(async () => {
-    await fs.rm(repoRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  });
-
   describe('GitClient that does not require a commit', () => {
     let vcs: GitClient;
+    let repoRoot: string;
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+      await fs.rm(repoRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    });
 
     beforeAll(async () => {
+      repoRoot = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'eas-cli-git-test-'));
+      await spawnAsync('git', ['init'], { cwd: repoRoot });
       vcs = new GitClient({
         requireCommit: false,
         maybeCwdOverride: repoRoot,
@@ -135,4 +132,30 @@ describe('git', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  it('is able to delete a submodule ignored by .easignore', async () => {
+    const repoRoot = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'eas-cli-git-test-'));
+    await spawnAsync('git', ['init'], { cwd: repoRoot });
+    const vcs = new GitClient({
+      requireCommit: false,
+      maybeCwdOverride: repoRoot,
+    });
+
+    await spawnAsync(
+      'git',
+      ['submodule', 'add', 'https://github.com/expo/results.git', 'results'],
+      { cwd: repoRoot }
+    );
+    await spawnAsync('git', ['add', 'results'], { cwd: repoRoot });
+    await spawnAsync('git', ['commit', '-m', 'add submodule'], { cwd: repoRoot });
+
+    const repoCloneNonIgnored = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'eas-cli-git-test-'));
+    await expect(vcs.makeShallowCopyAsync(repoCloneNonIgnored)).resolves.not.toThrow();
+    await expect(fs.stat(path.join(repoCloneNonIgnored, 'results'))).resolves.not.toThrow();
+
+    await fs.writeFile(`${repoRoot}/.easignore`, 'results');
+    const repoCloneIgnored = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'eas-cli-git-test-'));
+    await expect(vcs.makeShallowCopyAsync(repoCloneIgnored)).resolves.not.toThrow();
+    await expect(fs.stat(path.join(repoCloneIgnored, 'results'))).rejects.toThrow('ENOENT');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/eas-cli/src/vcs/clients/git.ts b/packages/eas-cli/src/vcs/clients/git.ts
index d7abc6bb46..89a1abca3e 100644
--- a/packages/eas-cli/src/vcs/clients/git.ts
+++ b/packages/eas-cli/src/vcs/clients/git.ts
@@ -210,7 +210,11 @@ export default class GitClient extends Client {
           .filter(file => file !== '');
 
         await Promise.all(
-          cachedFilesWeShouldHaveIgnored.map(file => fs.rm(path.join(destinationPath, file)))
+          cachedFilesWeShouldHaveIgnored.map(file =>
+            // `ls-files` does not go over files within submodules. If submodule is
+            // ignored, it is listed as a single path, so we need to `rm -rf` it.
+            fs.rm(path.join(destinationPath, file), { recursive: true, force: true })
+          )
         );
 
         // Special-case `.git` which `git ls-files` will never consider ignored.