diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a8423d4..2032c883 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 *~
 .svn
 local_settings.py
+build
diff --git a/build/pip-delete-this-directory.txt b/build/pip-delete-this-directory.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index c8883ea9..00000000
--- a/build/pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-This file is placed here by pip to indicate the source was put
-here by pip.
-
-Once this package is successfully installed this source code will be
-deleted (unless you remove this file).