diff --git a/.stow-ignore-local b/.stow-ignore-local
deleted file mode 100644
index 8baaabd..0000000
--- a/.stow-ignore-local
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# Comments and blank lines are allowed.
-RCS
-.+,v
-CVS
-\.\#.+       # CVS conflict files / emacs lock files
-\.cvsignore
-\.svn
-_darcs
-\.hg
-\.git
-\.gitignore
-.+~          # emacs backup files
-\#.*\#       # emacs autosave files
-^/README.*
-^/LICENSE.*
-^/COPYING
-\.gitmodules
-scripts
-^/stow