diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ awx/ui/build_test
 awx/ui/client/languages
 awx/ui/templates/ui/index.html
 awx/ui/templates/ui/installing.html
+/tower-license
 /tower-license/**
 
 # Tower setup playbook testing
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+++ /dev/null
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-Subproject commit 009cc73a80e5123143e9c780c7011903d4c2a331