diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 93%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index b3c90e3..07fcb8e 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-syntax: glob
 *~
 *.a
 *.o
@@ -17,4 +16,3 @@ src/iperf3_profile
 src/t_timer
 src/t_units
 src/t_uuid
-