diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ba6510b3a..0000000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-syntax: glob
-.hgignore
-*.pyc
-*~
-build/*
-dist/*
-MANIFEST