diff --git a/commafeed-client/.eslintignore b/commafeed-client/.eslintignore
index 4e791c0d..a3068c1b 100644
--- a/commafeed-client/.eslintignore
+++ b/commafeed-client/.eslintignore
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@ dist
 node_modules
 
 vite.config.ts
+
+# compiled linguijs locales
+# they no longer exist but we keep this to avoid issues with people still having those files on disk
+src/locales/**/*.ts
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diff --git a/commafeed-client/.gitignore b/commafeed-client/.gitignore
index db0e4564..edc764ce 100644
--- a/commafeed-client/.gitignore
+++ b/commafeed-client/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,7 @@ dist-ssr
 
 # vite
 vite.config.ts.timestamp-*.mjs
+
+# compiled linguijs locales
+# they no longer exist but we keep this to avoid issues with people still having those files on disk
+src/locales/**/*.ts
\ No newline at end of file