diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9cc0f3e..bb119fe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ config/profile.json
 config/answers.json
 
 # Templates are committed instead (see config/*.example.json)
+node_modules/
diff --git a/node_modules b/node_modules
deleted file mode 120000
index 867c978..0000000
--- a/node_modules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/home/ubuntu/.openclaw/workspace/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file