diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index beb3dea19..62a4cee1c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ cscope.*
 tmp_log
 
 # RLP encoding
-*.rlp
\ No newline at end of file
+*.rlp
+**/*.rlp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/node/transactions.rlp b/node/transactions.rlp
deleted file mode 100755
index e69de29bb..000000000