diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ca475a8..7644c9a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -48,3 +48,7 @@ Carthage/Build
 # hence it is not needed unless you have added a package configuration file to your project
 .swiftpm
 .build
+
+# This was causing confusion on PRs and is really just a record of the last time the example
+# pods were re-built from scratch. It's not useful to keep in the repo.
+Example/Podfile.lock
diff --git a/Example/Podfile.lock b/Example/Podfile.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 121e58b..0000000
--- a/Example/Podfile.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-PODS:
-  - FlagsmithClient (3.6.2)
-
-DEPENDENCIES:
-  - FlagsmithClient (from `../`)
-
-EXTERNAL SOURCES:
-  FlagsmithClient:
-    :path: "../"
-
-SPEC CHECKSUMS:
-  FlagsmithClient: 31e78456bd614b87be83b6c83efb10b917fc62fc
-
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: 9fc876dee0cf031cae843156b0740a94b4994d8c
-
-COCOAPODS: 1.15.2