diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 70c24d3..109803f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ __pycache__/
 *.so
 
 # Distribution / packaging
+src/zolfa/nd2reader/version.py
 .Python
 env/
 env27/
diff --git a/src/zolfa/nd2reader/version.py b/src/zolfa/nd2reader/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a0e1e5..0000000
--- a/src/zolfa/nd2reader/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# file generated by setuptools_scm
-# don't change, don't track in version control
-__version__ = version = '2.0.2.dev268+g026928a.d20230117'
-__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (2, 0, 2, 'dev268', 'g026928a.d20230117')