diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eb73895c6..d3b3491b7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ local.properties
 #
 node_modules/
 npm-debug.log
+.npminstall
 
 # BUCK
 buck-out/
diff --git a/.npminstall b/.npminstall
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000