diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 69c09e98..1248786c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # Files already tracked by Git are not affected.
 # See: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore
 
+# python
+__pycache__
+.mypy_cache
+.python-version
 
 # terraform
 .terraform
@@ -50,4 +54,3 @@ minio-data
 infrastructure/lambdas/security_headers.zip
 *.hcl
 .iac-data
-
diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
deleted file mode 100644
index e9d31ca3..00000000
--- a/.python-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-XFD