diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4d21d95a75c9b5..a3e3a28b07dc96 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ deps/openssl/openssl.xml
 deps/openssl/openssl.target.mk
 deps/zlib/zlib.target.mk
 
+# not needed and causes issues for distro packagers
+deps/npm/node_modules/.bin/
+
 # build/release artifacts
 /*.tar.*
 /SHASUMS*.txt*
diff --git a/deps/npm/node_modules/.bin/node-gyp b/deps/npm/node_modules/.bin/node-gyp
deleted file mode 120000
index 9b31a4fe437b38..00000000000000
--- a/deps/npm/node_modules/.bin/node-gyp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js
\ No newline at end of file