diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6c877f..041949d 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ norp/makefiles/norp
 
 # python build files
 src/pynorm.egg-info
+**/__pycache__/
 
 # build java files
 *.class
diff --git a/src/rust/__pycache__/waf_rust.cpython-310.pyc b/src/rust/__pycache__/waf_rust.cpython-310.pyc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6be8451..0000000
Binary files a/src/rust/__pycache__/waf_rust.cpython-310.pyc and /dev/null differ