diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a2f48b039..da8b7fc93 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -58,3 +58,6 @@ ChangeLog
 *~
 .*.swp
 .*sw?
+
+# ansible retry files
+ansible/*.retry
diff --git a/ansible/site.retry b/ansible/site.retry
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fbb50c4a..000000000
--- a/ansible/site.retry
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-localhost