diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd979af5008942c104f1d1a13e6f452bb1ec01bb..0b8081085ef84f8473673791aa078017ea6d1bc8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ build
 MANIFEST
 dist
 setuptools*egg
+setuptools*tar.gz
 setuptools.pth
 _build
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 05bdf190fff0fda4cf958441aa15b9d7a9239ad4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-numpy
-sympy