diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index 153f549..0000000
Binary files a/.DS_Store and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4bb2a84..c534ab5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ __pycache__/
 .coverage
 htmlcov/
 .venv/
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/scripts/validate_package.py b/scripts/validate_package.py
index a5c3217..30e7fb3 100644
--- a/scripts/validate_package.py
+++ b/scripts/validate_package.py
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ for name, size in (("icon.png", 256), ("icon@2x.png", 512),
     assert (width, height) == (size, size), f"{name} is {width}x{height}, expected {size}x{size}"
     assert color_type == 6, f"{name} needs an alpha channel"
 tracked = subprocess.check_output(["git", "ls-files", "custom_components"], cwd=root, text=True).splitlines()
-assert not any("__pycache__" in path or path.endswith((".pyc", ".pyo")) for path in tracked)
+assert not any("__pycache__" in path or path.endswith((".pyc", ".pyo", ".DS_Store")) for path in tracked)
 print("Package metadata, translations, brand icons and tracked component files passed")