diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 601cdae7..3ac8abd4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ classes/
 fork.properties
 yarn-error.log
 .java-version
+/app/aem/dispatcher/src/conf.d/variables/default.vars
 
 ### Java template
 *.class
diff --git a/app/aem/dispatcher/src/conf.d/variables/.gitignore b/app/aem/dispatcher/src/conf.d/variables/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f695f867..00000000
--- a/app/aem/dispatcher/src/conf.d/variables/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-default.vars