diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a8816c..143a8fb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ ipython_config.py
 .pdm.toml
 .pdm-python
 .pdm-build/
+__version__.py
 
 # PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow and github.com/pdm-project/pdm
 __pypackages__/
diff --git a/src/mpd_now_playable/__version__.py b/src/mpd_now_playable/__version__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b8023d8..0000000
--- a/src/mpd_now_playable/__version__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__version__ = '0.0.1'