diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa13e2fb..7b271c21 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ DerivedData/
 
 .vscode
 XMTPiOSExample/Pods
+XMTPiOSExample/XMTPiOSExample.xcworkspace
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/XMTPiOSExample/XMTPiOSExample.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata b/XMTPiOSExample/XMTPiOSExample.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata
deleted file mode 100644
index 157b58d4..00000000
--- a/XMTPiOSExample/XMTPiOSExample.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Workspace
-   version = "1.0">
-   <FileRef
-      location = "group:XMTPiOSExample.xcodeproj">
-   </FileRef>
-   <FileRef
-      location = "group:Pods/Pods.xcodeproj">
-   </FileRef>
-</Workspace>