diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 96%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index 8ba9d65a8..2049e5750 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-syntax: glob
-
 #precompiled python
 *.pyc