diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index efa407c..2755516 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -159,4 +159,6 @@ cython_debug/
 #  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
-#.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
+#.idea/
+
+**/_version.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/goat_monitor/_version.py b/goat_monitor/_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fbbae15..0000000
--- a/goat_monitor/_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-__version__ = version = "editable"
-__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (0, 0, 0)