diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e969e1f..6a55bbf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -184,5 +184,4 @@ pyrightconfig.json
 /src/github_actions_tracing/_version.py
 
 /tmp
-/vendor/generated/*
-!/vendor/generated/.gitkeep
\ No newline at end of file
+/vendor/generated/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 34e734a..e16dcd5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,5 +40,4 @@ pre_build = "./scripts/generate-perfetto-trace-proto.sh"
 
 [tool.pdm.build]
 # Docs: https://backend.pdm-project.org/build_config/#include-or-exclude-files
-includes = ["src", "vendor"]
-excludes = ["**/.gitkeep"]
\ No newline at end of file
+includes = ["src", "vendor"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/generate-perfetto-trace-proto.sh b/scripts/generate-perfetto-trace-proto.sh
index 52968b7..99d73bf 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-perfetto-trace-proto.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-perfetto-trace-proto.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
 
 mkdir -p tmp
+mkdir -p vendor/generated
 
 check_proto() {
     echo "cf1ec0ad32d6772a2bf852e17195e1616062c2afa2320a2eb3f8af7f7956d7e3 tmp/perfetto_trace.proto" | sha256sum --check $@
diff --git a/vendor/generated/.gitkeep b/vendor/generated/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000