diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc5f97d3..2ed0e8ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## LITE
+
+* Removed gitignore template
+
 ## 3.0.3 - November 25, 2020
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a2f7dd19..1672e826 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ $> vendor/bin/the-build-installer
 This will trigger an interactive prompt to configure your basic build properties, adding the following templated files and directories:
 
 * `.circleci/`
-* `.gitignore`
 * `.the-build/`
 * `behat.yml`
 * `build.xml`
diff --git a/defaults/install/gitignore b/defaults/install/gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a731a2a0..00000000
--- a/defaults/install/gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-# This file should contain only rules that are specific to this project. For
-# ignoring OS and IDE metadata files, please configure a global gitignore on
-# your local machine.
-# @see https://github.com/sb2nov/mac-setup/blob/master/Git/gitignore.md
-
-# Include Drupal settings files
-!/${drupal.root}/sites/*/settings.php
-!/${drupal.root}/sites/*/services.yml
-
-# Ignore local and generated settings files
-/${drupal.root}/sites/*/settings.local.php
-/${drupal.root}/sites/*/settings.build.php
-/${drupal.root}/sites/*/services.build.yml
-
-# Ignore theme assets copied from the styleguide
-/${drupal.root}/themes/custom/*/css/
-/${drupal.root}/themes/custom/*/js/
-/${drupal.root}/themes/custom/*/svg/
-/${drupal.root}/themes/custom/*/imgs/
-
-# Ignore Drupal files
-/${drupal.root}/sites/*/files/
-
-# Ignore Drupal contrib downloaded by Composer
-/drush/contrib/
-/${drupal.root}/core/
-/${drupal.root}/modules/contrib/
-/${drupal.root}/themes/contrib/
-/${drupal.root}/profiles/contrib/
-
-# Ignore regular Composer dependencies
-/vendor/
-
-# Ignore virtual environment and artifacts
-.vagrant/
-/artifacts/
diff --git a/targets/install.xml b/targets/install.xml
index 578b9d44..ab2a67ea 100644
--- a/targets/install.xml
+++ b/targets/install.xml
@@ -180,13 +180,6 @@
             </filterchain>
         </copy>
 
-        <!-- Configure the .gitignore for our settings.php structure. -->
-        <copy file="${phing.dir.install}/../defaults/install/gitignore" tofile="${application.startdir}/.gitignore" overwrite="true">
-            <filterchain>
-                <expandproperties />
-            </filterchain>
-        </copy>
-
         <!-- Set up the Drupal sites directory. -->
         <phingcall target="drupal-sites-directory">
             <property name="drupal.site.dir" value="default" />