diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2b9eef7fce..b825007244 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
+*~
 phpBB/cache/*.php
+phpBB/config.php
 tests/phpbb_unit_tests.sqlite2
 tests/test_config.php
-*~
diff --git a/phpBB/config.php b/phpBB/config.php
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000