diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 51d321d92..6c80b8e8e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ wled-update.sh
 /wled00/Release
 /wled00/wled00.ino.cpp
 /wled00/html_*.h
+_codeql_detected_source_root
diff --git a/_codeql_detected_source_root b/_codeql_detected_source_root
deleted file mode 120000
index 945c9b46d..000000000
--- a/_codeql_detected_source_root
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.
\ No newline at end of file