diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 60c3bead2..abb46e6b8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+.project
+
 .gradle
+local.properties
+
 .idea/workspace.xml
 .idea/tasks.xml
 .idea/gradle.xml
 .idea/libraries
+import-summary.txt
+
 build/
-/import-summary.txt
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 8bd036659..000000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-syntax:glob
-
-*/bin
-*/gen/**
-*/proguard/**
-.metadata
-MyTracksTest/AnnotationProcessor.log
-**/*.pyc
-**/*.pyo
-syntax: glob
-MyTracksTest/hs_err_pid*.log
diff --git a/.project b/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index e78be9e8a..000000000
--- a/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>mytracks</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>
diff --git a/local.properties b/local.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index ac7c16536..000000000
--- a/local.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-## This file must *NOT* be checked into Version Control Systems,
-# as it contains information specific to your local configuration.
-#
-# Location of the SDK. This is only used by Gradle.
-#
-#Tue Feb 16 19:46:56 CET 2016
-sdk.dir=C\:\\Users\\Clems\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\Sdk