diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9fd43c0f..b331b5e2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ build/*
 .flatpak-builder
 flatpak/build-dir/
 
+# MacOS artifacts
+macos/build-dir/
+
 # ccls cache
 .ccls-cache/
 .cache/
diff --git a/macos/.gitignore b/macos/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 84c048a7..00000000
--- a/macos/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/build/
diff --git a/macos/build-sign-validate-upload.sh b/macos/build-sign-validate-upload.sh
index b99b1461..2f26e382 100755
--- a/macos/build-sign-validate-upload.sh
+++ b/macos/build-sign-validate-upload.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ set -e
 echo
 echo "Build release app bundle"
 echo
-mkdir -p build
-cd build
+mkdir -p build-dir
+cd build-dir
 MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.15 cmake ../.. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
 make -j
 cmake --install . --prefix .