diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2745b1178c21b35b2a20b9d5a23f166416fd9e7f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# exclude top level directories
-# which are taken from other git repositories
-# The / at the beginning is important, otherwise all directories
-# containing the string are ignored 
-/geometry
-/input
-/parameters
-/build
-
-# Comment some single files
-Dart*.cfg
-*.root
-*.pdf
-*.orig
-*.out
-*.old
-*core_dump*
-*.digi.par
-*0
-*1
-*.info
-*~
-external*