diff --git a/.couchappignore b/.couchappignore
deleted file mode 100755
index 8b9f9dd9..00000000
--- a/.couchappignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[
-  // filenames matching these regexps will not be pushed to the database
-  // uncomment to activate; separate entries with ","
-  // ".*~$"
-  // ".*\\.swp$"
-  // ".*\\.bak$"
-]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.couchapprc b/.couchapprc
deleted file mode 100755
index 9e26dfee..00000000
--- a/.couchapprc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
\ No newline at end of file