diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e88b487a3..5eefb8a2f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #############################
 osrm-deps
 
+.ycm_extra_conf.py
+
 # Compiled source #
 ###################
 *.com
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index fe081a6df..000000000
--- a/.npmignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-*
-!README.md
-!CHANGELOG.md
-!CONTRIBUTING.MD
-!LICENCE.TXT
-!package.json
-!example
-!lib/*.js
-!profiles/*
-!profiles/lib/*