diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 53cb04671..8a3fdf385 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ src/assets/
 *debug*.txt
 eslint_out.txt
 tests/perf/output/
+
+# Locally built Go binary (gen-maps uses `go run .`)
+map-generator/map-generator
diff --git a/map-generator/map-generator b/map-generator/map-generator
deleted file mode 100755
index 3a3947efc..000000000
Binary files a/map-generator/map-generator and /dev/null differ