diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1eae0cf..6061c1b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 dist/
 node_modules/
+# compiled backend binaries (built from source)
+plugins/*/backend/platform-test
diff --git a/plugins/platform-test/backend/platform-test b/plugins/platform-test/backend/platform-test
deleted file mode 100755
index ea4bed9..0000000
Binary files a/plugins/platform-test/backend/platform-test and /dev/null differ