diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e1f64a113390a488f42cd590bf21c54119f85980..57e26c4d37338f8412a84ac3c6afdeed54eb4861 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ conf/java-opts
 conf/spark-env.sh
 conf/streaming-env.sh
 conf/log4j.properties
+conf/slaves
+conf/core-site.xml
 docs/_site
 docs/api
 target/
diff --git a/conf/slaves b/conf/slaves
deleted file mode 100644
index da0a01343d20aff07b9143a3c2698867ffcf6770..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/conf/slaves
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# A Spark Worker will be started on each of the machines listed below.
-localhost
\ No newline at end of file