diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e935c39..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-syntax: glob
-*.orig
-*.swp
-*.pyc
-*.DS_Store
-*~
-*.log
-MANIFEST
-.coverage
-nosetests.xml
-syntax: regexp
-(target|build|dist)/.*
-