diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ae5cbdb8..bcb3b16e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 /deploy.properties
 /build.properties
 /runtime.properties
+catalog-v001.xml
diff --git a/ontology/public/catalog-v001.xml b/ontology/public/catalog-v001.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b92b5e2..00000000
--- a/ontology/public/catalog-v001.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<catalog prefer="public" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:entity:xmlns:xml:catalog">
-    <uri id="User Entered Import Resolution" name="http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core/vivo-c4o-public-1.5.owl" uri="vivo-core-public-1.5.owl"/>
-    <group id="Folder Repository, directory=, recursive=true, Auto-Update=true, version=2" prefer="public" xml:base=""/>
-</catalog>