diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f372fb417..4021cf770 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,7 @@ wheels/
 
 # Virtual environments
 .venv
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
+
+
+src/fastmcp/_version.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/fastmcp/_version.py b/src/fastmcp/_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 168394220..000000000
--- a/src/fastmcp/_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# file generated by setuptools_scm
-# don't change, don't track in version control
-TYPE_CHECKING = False
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import Tuple, Union
-    VERSION_TUPLE = Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]
-else:
-    VERSION_TUPLE = object
-
-version: str
-__version__: str
-__version_tuple__: VERSION_TUPLE
-version_tuple: VERSION_TUPLE
-
-__version__ = version = '0.1.dev4+g18aaf41.d20241129'
-__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (0, 1, 'dev4', 'g18aaf41.d20241129')