diff --git a/bazarr/.gitignore b/bazarr/.gitignore
index b9f8abd..cd3ea28 100644
--- a/bazarr/.gitignore
+++ b/bazarr/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ config/analytics_visitor_id.txt
 config/announcements.json
 config/releases.txt
 config/config/releases.txt
+bazarr/config/config/announcements.json
diff --git a/bazarr/config/config/announcements.json b/bazarr/config/config/announcements.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8081bf6..0000000
--- a/bazarr/config/config/announcements.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "data": [
-    {
-      "text": "Welcome to the new announcement section. It will keep you up-to-date with important news. You can dismiss this announcement by clicking on the button at the end of this line.",
-      "link": "",
-      "hash": "",
-      "dismissible": true,
-      "timestamp": 1676235999,
-      "enabled": true
-    },
-    {
-      "text": "Opensubtitles.org is now only accessible to VIP users. If you're still using it and do not plan to get a VIP subscription, you should consider disabling it and move to opensubtitles.com.",
-      "link": "",
-      "hash": "",
-      "dismissible": true,
-      "timestamp": 1700791126,
-      "enabled": true
-    },
-    {
-      "text": "We're about to drop support for legacy Sonarr and Radarr versions (prior to v3). If you're still using those legacy versions, please consider upgrading ASAP.",
-      "link": "",
-      "hash": "",
-      "dismissible": true,
-      "timestamp": 1731247748,
-      "enabled": true
-    }
-  ]
-}