diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd1c11bdbd..dfd2dcce45 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Dependencies
-node_modules/
+node_modules
 .claude/
 .codex/
 .workbuddy/
diff --git a/apps/desktop/node_modules b/apps/desktop/node_modules
deleted file mode 120000
index 82b792adba..0000000000
--- a/apps/desktop/node_modules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/Users/skyler/VsCodeProjects/dbx-workspace/dbx/apps/desktop/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file