diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 58bd4ef6..20d46cbd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 src/*.exe
+src/primeminer
 src/primecoin
 src/primecoind
 src/test_primecoin
diff --git a/src/primeminer b/src/primeminer
deleted file mode 100755
index 77ddf3e6..00000000
Binary files a/src/primeminer and /dev/null differ