diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aee893534d5d069de52727fb145003c75efd3c70..8728de8c9f19dfad905153568ec8164d43c2343e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ tags.lock
 
 # Ignore binaries
 .x_*
+gch
diff --git a/io.h.gch b/io.h.gch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f18b310cf57b279c5ed673527d00ee7230a9f20..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Binary files a/io.h.gch and /dev/null differ