diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 629e73169e..78db2fa75f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 *.rej
 *.orig
 *.mo
-*.swp
+.*.sw?
 *~
 *.pyc
 *.o
diff --git a/src/nvim/.screen.c.swn b/src/nvim/.screen.c.swn
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b9fe18630..0000000000
Binary files a/src/nvim/.screen.c.swn and /dev/null differ