diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index de10d077d2..82431a3290 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ docs/new-features/
 
 # dependencies
 node_modules/
+# Also ignore a root node_modules SYMLINK (worktree setups symlink it from the main
+# checkout). The trailing-slash pattern above only matches a directory, so without this
+# a symlink named node_modules could be staged by `git add -A` and committed.
+/node_modules
 *.map
 .DS_Store
 
diff --git a/node_modules b/node_modules
deleted file mode 120000
index d6af08994d..0000000000
--- a/node_modules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/home/diegosouzapw/dev/proxys/OmniRoute/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file