diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dc6b2b6..42c899a 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -122,3 +122,5 @@ utils/db.dump.gz
 db.dump.gz
 mongodb_data/*
 node_modules/
+external/*
+!external/.gitkeep
diff --git a/external/certs/thethe.crt b/external/certs/thethe.crt
deleted file mode 100644
index d2d069f..0000000
--- a/external/certs/thethe.crt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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diff --git a/external/certs/thethe.key b/external/certs/thethe.key
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e5faf8..0000000
--- a/external/certs/thethe.key
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
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