diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 95f36b747..9c5ad4293 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,3 @@ htmlcov/
 
 # OSX Finder
 .DS_Store
-
-# file generated by setuptools_scm
-Lib/fontTools/version.py