diff --git a/scripts/config/.gitignore b/scripts/config/.gitignore
index 737c5b7953..bedb9757ef 100644
--- a/scripts/config/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/config/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #
 *.moc
 *conf-cfg
+mconf_check
 
 #
 # configuration programs
diff --git a/scripts/config/mconf_check b/scripts/config/mconf_check
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000