diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 635c45799d..0000000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
- ^tailor.state$
- ^tailor.state.old$
- ^tailor.state.journal$
-\.csproj$
-\.csproj\.user$
-\.dll\.build$
-/bin/Debug/.+\.dll$
-/bin/Debug/.+\.dll.mdb$
-^bin/.+\.dll$
-^bin/.+\.exe
-^(OpenSim|Prebuild)/.+\.(exe|exe\.build|exe\.mdb)$
-^OpenSim\.(build|sln)$
-^Prebuild/Prebuild\.(build|sln)$
-.+~$