diff --git a/launch/.gitignore b/launch/.gitignore
index 5ab952ce..9fd1eb48 100644
--- a/launch/.gitignore
+++ b/launch/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+# generated
 .auto.tfvars.json
 .npins.json
 .terraform/
+.terraform.lock.hcl
 .terraform.tfstate.lock.info
 terraform.tfstate*
diff --git a/launch/.terraform.lock.hcl b/launch/.terraform.lock.hcl
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f01aa2d..00000000
--- a/launch/.terraform.lock.hcl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# This file is maintained automatically by "tofu init".
-# Manual edits may be lost in future updates.
-
-provider "registry.opentofu.org/hashicorp/external" {
-  version = "2.3.4"
-  hashes = [
-    "h1:HfVaWMC7Tz+tRfoWZtGCX2MATcgX3HsexoirWdi/voo=",
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/launch/tf-env.nix b/launch/tf-env.nix
index fca0731d..b0e02d93 100644
--- a/launch/tf-env.nix
+++ b/launch/tf-env.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
     runHook preBuild
     pushd launch/
     echo '${lib.strings.toJSON sources}' > .npins.json
-    rm .terraform.lock.hcl
     tofu init -input=false
     popd
     runHook postBuild