diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cec005a74..e38e0c0e8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ docs/_build/*
 *.egg-info
 build/*
 dist/*
+debug/
 .DS_Store
 .idea
 
diff --git a/debug/start_daphne.py b/debug/start_daphne.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 271571664..000000000
--- a/debug/start_daphne.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from daphne.cli import CommandLineInterface
-
-CommandLineInterface.entrypoint()