diff --git a/api/external_ping_api/0.1/.gitignore b/api/external_ping_api/0.1/.gitignore
index 4e9b47a3..97cc7abc 100644
--- a/api/external_ping_api/0.1/.gitignore
+++ b/api/external_ping_api/0.1/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-config.php
\ No newline at end of file
+config.php
+key.config
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/external_ping_api/0.1/key.config b/api/external_ping_api/0.1/key.config
deleted file mode 100644
index d1a86c18..00000000
--- a/api/external_ping_api/0.1/key.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
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