diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b286f15..33d4ace 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,7 +29,3 @@ __pycache__/
 /410console/410consoleArchive.sit
 /410console/4_10-console-extracted/
 /410console/.finf/
-
-# vPOD: the packed dist zip is tracked (deployable via Install Product), but the
-# intermediate stage folder pack.ps1 lays out before zipping is not.
-/Console/vPOD/dist/vPOD/
diff --git a/Console/vPOD/.gitignore b/Console/vPOD/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b33b98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Console/vPOD/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Build output
+[Bb]in/
+[Oo]bj/
+
+# Packaged install output (pack.ps1) — rebuilt on demand, like the console and
+# launcher packages; the operator selects the zip at Install Product time.
+/dist/
diff --git a/Console/vPOD/dist/vPOD.zip b/Console/vPOD/dist/vPOD.zip
deleted file mode 100644
index bd6df8d..0000000
Binary files a/Console/vPOD/dist/vPOD.zip and /dev/null differ