diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7b5ce765893a9af1f088be19e906acc40bf4ee94..1808fde75b77c3d4640300bb8e9c422525b948f1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ test/**/*.js*
 # files generated by neon tests
 test2.bin.gz
 
-# rust intermediate binaries
+# rust binaries
+neon/native/index.node
 target
 
 # files generated by rust tests
diff --git a/neon/native/index.node b/neon/native/index.node
deleted file mode 100644
index 449c33850699110c7b5d0dddeefc2dc2ab218779..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Binary files a/neon/native/index.node and /dev/null differ