diff --git a/.stow-local-ignore b/.stow-local-ignore
index f7ef87f1..0744f2ba 100644
--- a/.stow-local-ignore
+++ b/.stow-local-ignore
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 \.direnv
 result
 default.nix
-nix
 shell.nix
 \.envrc
+npins
 
 # repo related
 ^/README.*