diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 839f720dd91188502c320e7728d194c0191686d3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-*.pyc
-*~
-
-# ignore django settings file:
-SciPost_v1/settings.py
\ No newline at end of file