diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/SConscript b/gtk2_ardour/SConscript
index 5d15980b99..3116158bf1 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/SConscript
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/SConscript
@@ -272,6 +272,13 @@ rcu = gtkardour.Program(target = 'rcu', source = rcu_files)
 tt = gtkmmtests.Program(target = 'tt', source = tt_files)
 
 my_subst_dict = { }
+
+#
+# null substitution just to avoid ardour.bindings being in svn
+#
+
+ardourbindings = env.SubstInFile ('ardour.bindings', 'ardour.bindings.in', SUBST_DICT = my_subst_dict);
+
 my_subst_dict['%INSTALL_PREFIX%'] = final_prefix
 my_subst_dict['%LIBDIR%'] = env['LIBDIR']
 my_subst_dict['%VERSION%'] = ardour_version
@@ -282,6 +289,7 @@ env.AddPostAction (ardoursh, Chmod ('$TARGET', 0755))
 ardourdev = env.SubstInFile ('ardev_common.sh','ardev_common.sh.in', SUBST_DICT = my_subst_dict);
 env.AddPostAction (ardourdev, Chmod ('$TARGET', 0755))
 
+Default(ardourbindings)
 Default(ardourdev)
 Default(ardoursh)
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour.bindings b/gtk2_ardour/ardour.bindings.in
similarity index 100%
rename from gtk2_ardour/ardour.bindings
rename to gtk2_ardour/ardour.bindings.in