diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 57a1574..5455bb9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ publish/
 
 # NuGet Packages
 *.nupkg
+# NuGet local cache directory
+.nuget/
 # The packages folder can be ignored because of Package Restore
 **/packages/*
 # except build/, which is used as an MSBuild target.
diff --git a/.nuget/nuget.exe b/.nuget/nuget.exe
deleted file mode 100644
index 94aada9..0000000
Binary files a/.nuget/nuget.exe and /dev/null differ