diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 70%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index 076cc87c9..458ed7002 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-syntax: glob
 *.pyc
 _trial_temp
 dropin.cache
-.svn
 docs/build