diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a24cf93707c4e8d75dfdd62f45f1c8acf93fb62b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-applet/
-*~
-*.orig
-*.rej
-*.bak