diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1443eff76..43dd1585a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Makefile
 autom4te.cache
 *.in
 aclocal.m4
+compile
 config.*
 configure
 depcomp
diff --git a/.svnignore b/.svnignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e44c6013e..000000000
--- a/.svnignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-autom4te.cache
-*.in
-aclocal.m4
-config.*
-configure
-depcomp
-install-sh
-*.pc
-libtool
-ltmain.sh
-missing
-stamp.h1