diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c9dc8e53a..ec3d89ef1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ utils/loggingcpp/messageids.h
 CPackConfig.cmake
 CPackSourceConfig.cmake
 build/columnstore.community.spec
+build/releasenum
 *.rpm
 install_manifest_libs.txt
 install_manifest_platform.txt
diff --git a/build/releasenum b/build/releasenum
deleted file mode 100644
index 0aa2a30a8..000000000
--- a/build/releasenum
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-version=1.0.4
-release=1