diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea2b0e44d5..6404cad204 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 .idea/
 .vscode/
 *.iml
+.npmrc
 .nvmrc
 .nyc_output
 *.swp
diff --git a/packages/build/src/npm-packages.spec.ts b/packages/build/src/npm-packages.spec.ts
index 64fc2f11d1..4cdcd3e14a 100644
--- a/packages/build/src/npm-packages.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/build/src/npm-packages.spec.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ describe('npm-packages', () => {
     let spawnSync: SinonStub;
 
     beforeEach(() => {
-      expectedFiles = ['.npmrc', 'lerna.json'];
+      expectedFiles = ['lerna.json'];
       packages = listNpmPackages();
       packages.forEach(({ name }) => {
         expectedFiles.push(`packages/${name}/package.json`);
diff --git a/packages/build/src/npm-packages.ts b/packages/build/src/npm-packages.ts
index 4234ccbf54..81539ba52f 100644
--- a/packages/build/src/npm-packages.ts
+++ b/packages/build/src/npm-packages.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ export function markBumpedFilesAsAssumeUnchanged(
   spawnSyncFn: typeof spawnSync = spawnSync
 ): void {
   const filesToAssume = [
-    '.npmrc',
     'lerna.json'
   ];
   packages.forEach(({ name }) => {