diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dd27ac3c0..bf996f213 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ activator*
 RUNNING_PID
 .DS_Store
 *.log
+*.swp
diff --git a/.swp b/.swp
deleted file mode 100644
index bbb58505e..000000000
Binary files a/.swp and /dev/null differ