diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f3df6ad..c1366e1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ app/views/home/privacy.*
 app/views/home/about.*
 app/views/home/chat.*
 app/assets/stylesheets/local/*
+public/favicon.ico
+public/apple-touch-icon*
 
 # files added in production
 lib/tasks/deploy.rake
diff --git a/public/apple-touch-icon-144.png b/public/apple-touch-icon-144.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 8223fa3..0000000
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diff --git a/public/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png b/public/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/public/apple-touch-icon.png b/public/apple-touch-icon.png
deleted file mode 100644
index b4be1a6..0000000
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diff --git a/public/favicon.ico b/public/favicon.ico
deleted file mode 100644
index 450c4fe..0000000
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