diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a8ecef543..451814e44 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ rln
 *.log
 package-lock.json
 node_modules/
+/.update.timestamp
diff --git a/.update.timestamp b/.update.timestamp
deleted file mode 100644
index 386bcb8dd..000000000
--- a/.update.timestamp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1618248549
\ No newline at end of file