diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 74%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index 69754f54e..08e99d4ec 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-syntax: glob
 *.pyc
 _trial_temp
 dropin.cache
-.svn
 docs/build
 *egg-info