diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6f9b76f8..db25edd94 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 tags
 build
 linux-package
+kitty.app
 logo/*.iconset
 compile_commands.json
 glad/out
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d5ad0dfd1..c020d8881 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ def safe_remove(*entries):
                 else:
                     os.unlink(x)
 
-    safe_remove('build', 'compile_commands.json')
+    safe_remove('build', 'compile_commands.json', 'linux-package', 'kitty.app')
     for root, dirs, files in os.walk('.'):
         remove_dirs = {d for d in dirs if d == '__pycache__'}
         [(shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(root, d)), dirs.remove(d)) for d in remove_dirs]