diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bde4195..00000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-^dist$
-^benchmarks/(?:dist|bench)$
-^tests/(?:Map|Set)Properties$
-\.(?:aux|eventlog|h[ip]|log|[oa]|orig|prof|ps|rej|swp)$
-~$
-syntax: glob
-.\#*