diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b46b120..c8b2c2a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ node_modules
 .wrangler
 .env
 # Frontend files (downloaded during deployment/development)
-public/
\ No newline at end of file
+public/
+
+# reference repos
+vaultwarden/
+bw_web_builds/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vaultwarden b/vaultwarden
deleted file mode 160000
index cb2f574..0000000
--- a/vaultwarden
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit cb2f5741accd5bf510d03233ed8457cef8a6a35c