diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab75de6..ccdee6f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 3rdparty/pdfjs/
 build/
 server/config.js
-server/package-lock.json
 server/docker-compose.yml
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f266d72..f6e1e51 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ appstore: clean build
 	--exclude=.gitignore \
 	--exclude=.gitmodules \
 	--exclude=Makefile \
-	--exclude=node_modules \
 	--exclude=pdfjs*.zip \
 	--exclude=package.json \
 	--exclude=run-*lint.sh \
diff --git a/server/.gitignore b/server/.gitignore
index 84ab45c..79d6004 100644
--- a/server/.gitignore
+++ b/server/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 *.pyc
-
-node_modules/
 pdfparser
 PyPDF2
diff --git a/server/README.md b/server/README.md
index 944c458..09bdc34 100644
--- a/server/README.md
+++ b/server/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ This document describes the `pdfdraw` server API.
 ## Requirements
 
 - node
-- npm
 - Python2
 - [pdftk](https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-server/)
 - [svg2pdf](https://pypi.org/project/svglib/)