diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8ecd24fbfd..dde3895fc1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 .DS_Store
-.hg
 *.pyc
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 336539d141..0000000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-syntax:glob
-.git/