diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f243e9..b66e3ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -164,3 +164,5 @@ cython_debug/
 .vscode/**
 .envrc
 .env
+
+src/**
diff --git a/src/simplemind/__init__.py b/src/simplemind/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 370e0d0..0000000
--- a/src/simplemind/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-def hello() -> str:
-    return "Hello from simplemind!"