diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4767b51c3..8a98dd922 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ Release.save*
 # ignore the old generated man pages and html pages
 xCAT-client/share/man
 xCAT-client/share/doc
+
+# Build residue: buildrpms.pl rewrites this at every run.
+Gitinfo
diff --git a/Gitinfo b/Gitinfo
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c55c71c5..000000000
--- a/Gitinfo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-5515dfbe3e5ac3a305a60422def89f12e6318ce8