diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 083534daf5..cabfb01601 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ gpg_home/
 .idea/
 static_collected/
 *egg-info*
+mayan/settings/local.py 
diff --git a/mayan/settings/local.py b/mayan/settings/local.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e13328181e..0000000000
--- a/mayan/settings/local.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
-from .base import *