diff --git a/mythtv/html/apps/.gitattributes b/mythtv/html/apps/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea2e889c766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mythtv/html/apps/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# css and js files in this directory are generated by the Angular compiler
+*.css binary
+*.js binary
diff --git a/mythtv/html/apps/backend/.gitattributes b/mythtv/html/apps/backend/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea2e889c766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mythtv/html/apps/backend/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# css and js files in this directory are generated by the Angular compiler
+*.css binary
+*.js binary
diff --git a/mythtv/html/apps/frontend.css.map b/mythtv/html/apps/frontend.css.map
deleted file mode 100644
index 30d963f48d2..00000000000
--- a/mythtv/html/apps/frontend.css.map
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{
- "version": 3,
- "file": "frontend.css",
- "sources": [
- "Frontend.svelte",
- "Logo.svelte",
- "RemoteControl.svelte",
- "Status.svelte"
- ],
- "sourcesContent": [
- "\n\n\n\n
\n
loading...
\nloading...
\nloading...
\nloading...
\n