diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6229f979df..bfbaf7c285 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var/
 *.log
 local_settings.py
 *.sqlite3
+*.backup
 
 # Sphinx files
 docs/_build
diff --git a/inventree_db.sqlite3.backup b/inventree_db.sqlite3.backup
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ec1ba7feb..0000000000
Binary files a/inventree_db.sqlite3.backup and /dev/null differ