diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 74669a5756..420524d06f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -78,4 +78,5 @@ locale_stats.json
 
 # node.js
 package-lock.json
+package.json
 node_modules/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cb39f938e..0000000000
--- a/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "inventree",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "description": "<img src=\"images/logo/inventree.png\" alt=\"InvenTree\" width=\"128\"/>",
-  "main": "index.js",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "eslint": "^7.32.0",
-    "eslint-config-google": "^0.14.0",
-    "html-lint": "^2.4.2",
-    "htmllint": "^0.8.0",
-    "markuplint": "^1.11.3"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {},
-  "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
-  },
-  "repository": {
-    "type": "git",
-    "url": "git+https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/InvenTree.git"
-  },
-  "author": "",
-  "license": "ISC",
-  "bugs": {
-    "url": "https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/InvenTree/issues"
-  },
-  "homepage": "https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/InvenTree#readme"
-}