diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 74%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index 2a7a586..655ca10 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-syntax: glob
 *.pyc
 *~
 _build/