diff --git a/app/api/.gitignore b/app/api/.gitignore
index 97aca2ea1..e2d0b259b 100644
--- a/app/api/.gitignore
+++ b/app/api/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 .env
-node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
+node_modules
+exercises
+info.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/api/exercises b/app/api/exercises
deleted file mode 120000
index d023744bf..000000000
--- a/app/api/exercises
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../exercises
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/api/info.toml b/app/api/info.toml
deleted file mode 120000
index b3339534c..000000000
--- a/app/api/info.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../info.toml
\ No newline at end of file