diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 968f0e66..a3866ff4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 .tox/
 build/
 dist/
+MySQLdb/release.py
diff --git a/MySQLdb/release.py b/MySQLdb/release.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c30a6c2..00000000
--- a/MySQLdb/release.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-
-__author__ = "Andy Dustman <farcepest@gmail.com>"
-version_info = (1,2,4,'final',1)
-__version__ = "1.2.4"