diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce01f1ce..bda00aca 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ Thumbs.db
 rev-manifest.json
 config.codekit
 npm-debug.log
+public/assets/bower_components
diff --git a/public/assets/bower_components/.gitkeep b/public/assets/bower_components/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000