diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e4b41eb77..0000000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-*.bk
-*.swp
-*.swo
-*.swx
-tags
-target
-Cargo.lock
-.*.rustfmt
-rusty-tags.*
-docs/_build
-*~
-\#*\#