diff --git a/docker/validator/.gitignore b/docker/validator/.gitignore
index af1bfc888e..151f3ee8e5 100644
--- a/docker/validator/.gitignore
+++ b/docker/validator/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ data/
 data/validator/
 data/addresses/
 
+secrets/
+
 # docker
 .docker/
 
diff --git a/docker/validator/secrets/node_passphrase.txt b/docker/validator/secrets/node_passphrase.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 01f99dbc4f..0000000000
--- a/docker/validator/secrets/node_passphrase.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-your-secure-password