diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index 29af8c97..00000000
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# top-most EditorConfig file
-root = true
-
-# Unix-style newlines with a newline ending every file
-[*]
-end_of_line = lf
-charset = utf-8
-indent_style = tab
-indent_size = tab
-tab_width = 2
-trim_trailing_whitespace = true
-
-# The property below is not yet universally supported
-[*.md]
-max_line_length = 108
-word_wrap = true
-# Markdown sometimes uses two spaces at the end to
-#  mark soft line breaks
-trim_trailing_whitespace = false
-
-[*.yml]
-end_of_line = lf
-charset = utf-8
-indent_style = space
-indent_size = 2
-trim_trailing_whitespace = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1a2d6eb8..87b07619 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ package-lock.json
 .eslintrc.yml
 .prettierrc.json
 
+.editorconfig
+
 # Original LibreMetaverse .gitignore follows
 compile.bat
 *.user