diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0ee85236c..59aaff48a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ webapp/cypress/videos
 #starting material files
 greyGroup_chemInventory*
 
+pydatalab/Pipfile
+
 
 *.sublime-workspace
 *.sublime-project
diff --git a/pydatalab/Pipfile b/pydatalab/Pipfile
deleted file mode 100644
index c436d5882..000000000
--- a/pydatalab/Pipfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[[source]]
-name = "pypi"
-url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
-verify_ssl = true
-
-[requires]
-python_version = "3"