diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d3e83a9c4dcfc6222d53344a2b1cf3d1632c40db..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-contrib/asdf/asdf.*f