diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a6d4a3..0d0d0ee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ build/
 dist/
 .venv/
 node_modules/
+# Also match a node_modules SYMLINK: the trailing-slash pattern above only
+# matches real directories, so a symlink (e.g. e2e/node_modules -> a shared
+# dep cache) slips past it and gets committed. Seen in PR #45.
+node_modules
diff --git a/e2e/node_modules b/e2e/node_modules
deleted file mode 120000
index 64fc00e..0000000
--- a/e2e/node_modules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/a0/usr/workdir/.bdd-deps/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file