diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2137ff1df..c7b8707c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,4 +37,6 @@ server_config.yaml
 .DS_Store?
 
 caddy_config/
-caddy_data/
\ No newline at end of file
+caddy_data/
+
+home_page_counters.json
diff --git a/home_page_counters.json b/home_page_counters.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 38674f419..000000000
--- a/home_page_counters.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "public_competitions": 0,
-    "users": 0,
-    "submissions": 0,
-    "last_updated": "2000-01-01T00:00:00.000000+00:00"
-}