diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa724b770..8b39dfe9e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@
 .externalNativeBuild
 .cxx
 local.properties
+app/release
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/release/app-release.apk b/app/release/app-release.apk
deleted file mode 100644
index 12cc59640..000000000
Binary files a/app/release/app-release.apk and /dev/null differ