diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 23fd4effb..626fb8f30 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 *.lo
 *.la
 *.so
+*.so.*
 *.sgml
 *.conf
 *~
diff --git a/src/lxc/liblxc.so.1 b/src/lxc/liblxc.so.1
deleted file mode 120000
index 824cc6c5e..000000000
--- a/src/lxc/liblxc.so.1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-liblxc.so
\ No newline at end of file