diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 87c805ca..00000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# use glob syntax.
-syntax: glob
-.bin/*
-.tmp/*
-*.bak
-*.~*
-*.orig
-*/Thumbs.db
\ No newline at end of file