diff --git a/data/.gitignore b/data/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c84bc5f834c..00000000000
--- a/data/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-*.sav
-*.bdb
-*.ban
-*.log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data/mode.txt b/data/mode.txt
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index 380a834a99b..00000000000
--- a/data/mode.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-dynamic