diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8c7740ad151..94eeef05234 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -144,3 +144,4 @@ yarn-error.log
 **/vendor
 **/go.sum
 /tests/**/*.js
+flatbuffers.pc
diff --git a/flatbuffers.pc b/flatbuffers.pc
deleted file mode 100644
index baeb400e237..00000000000
--- a/flatbuffers.pc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-libdir=/usr/local/lib
-includedir=/usr/local/include
-
-Name: FlatBuffers
-Description: Memory Efficient Serialization Library
-Version: 1.12.0
-
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lflatbuffers
-Cflags: -I${includedir}