diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
index f6c59903c..bd6d66f85 100644
--- a/src/.gitignore
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Makefile
 cmake_install.cmake
+quit__genmod.f90
diff --git a/src/quit__genmod.f90 b/src/quit__genmod.f90
deleted file mode 100644
index 62466058e..000000000
--- a/src/quit__genmod.f90
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-        !COMPILER-GENERATED INTERFACE MODULE: Wed Apr 20 11:10:29 2016
-        MODULE QUIT__genmod
-          INTERFACE 
-            SUBROUTINE QUIT(STOP_ID)
-              INTEGER(KIND=4), INTENT(IN) :: STOP_ID
-            END SUBROUTINE QUIT
-          END INTERFACE 
-        END MODULE QUIT__genmod