diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 97%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index 122df3de..74fa1ca2 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-syntax: glob
-
 *~
 *.o
 *.lo