diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 50481a8..8a4ff3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 /bin/
 *.out
 .DS_Store
+
+# stray binary from `go build ./internal/cmd/gen` at repo root
+/gen
diff --git a/gen b/gen
deleted file mode 100755
index e52581f..0000000
Binary files a/gen and /dev/null differ