diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f4dc4e89ee..c7db0d1e8f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ bower_components/
 .flooignore
 
 # Environment
+.npmrc
 .env
 cache.json
 api/data/
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
deleted file mode 100644
index ef0ca82a60..0000000000
--- a/.npmrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/
-always-auth=false