diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c25f55f..cdf830e8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ docs-site/dist/
 docs-site/.astro/
 docs-site/node_modules/
 reports/
+
+# CodeQL auto-generated symlink
+_codeql_detected_source_root
diff --git a/_codeql_detected_source_root b/_codeql_detected_source_root
deleted file mode 120000
index 945c9b46..00000000
--- a/_codeql_detected_source_root
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.
\ No newline at end of file