diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5ffb722..cd94995 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # built. what version was built, etc
 # TODO: find a better way (not via ldflags)
 resources/build
+resources/BUILDREF
 resources/BUILDDATE
 
 cloud-control-panel
diff --git a/resources/BUILDREF b/resources/BUILDREF
deleted file mode 100644
index 50b9361..0000000
--- a/resources/BUILDREF
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-26322fa7d5382c9c03cfab9d49ee8c317fbaad6c