diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 95%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index ebbf746bf..fc0e5486c 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-syntax: glob
 qrc_*cxx
 *.orig
 *.pyc