diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4875278b..743d32f3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ cloudinit.egg-info/
 *.pyc
 doc/build
 doc/source/api/
+ChangeLog
+AUTHORS
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
deleted file mode 100644
index b81d7f6b..00000000
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-1.9.0:
- - open 1.9.0