diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 731dd2aa3..50531b197 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ logs/**
 
 # Files/folders created by build so not present in .cfignore
 app/version.py
-app/static # is generated at build time
-app/templates/vendor # is generated at build time
+app/static
+app/templates/vendor
 
 # Terraform
 .terraform.lock.hcl
diff --git a/app/version.py.dist b/app/version.py.dist
deleted file mode 100644
index f328d7fcd..000000000
--- a/app/version.py.dist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-__git_commit__ = ""
-__time__ = ""