diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5a811e1cbc..fa1dc4133b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ __pycache__/
 dist/
 build/
 docs/api/
-node_modules/
+node_modules
 *.egg-info/
 *.egg
 
diff --git a/node_modules b/node_modules
deleted file mode 120000
index 5f738a7109..0000000000
--- a/node_modules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/Users/will/dev/active/rea/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file