diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fb8c5e37f..87ea3e1f6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 # Executables shall be put in an ignored build/ directory
 /build
 
+# Test binaries (built by `nim c tests/...nim` for local debug compile)
+/tests/all_tests_common
+/tests/all_tests_waku
+/tests/all_tests_wakunode2
+
 # Generated Files
 *.generated.nim
 
diff --git a/tests/all_tests_common b/tests/all_tests_common
deleted file mode 100755
index a3256cdb6..000000000
Binary files a/tests/all_tests_common and /dev/null differ