diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3df1d9a5d..4938ca057 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-node_modules/
+node_modules
 .DS_Store
 
 # ESLint cache
diff --git a/node_modules b/node_modules
deleted file mode 120000
index 602255347..000000000
--- a/node_modules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/Users/trekkie/projects/gsd-core/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file