diff --git a/.dir-locals.el b/.dir-locals.el
deleted file mode 100644
index 45e42d117..000000000
--- a/.dir-locals.el
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-;; <http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Directory-Variables.html>
-(( c-mode . ((c-basic-offset . 4)
-             (tab-width . 8)
-             (indent-tabs-mode . nil)))
-
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 80902ccaf..66eda9374 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 *~
 *.user
+.dir-locals.el
 gmon.out
 log.log
 build