diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4ba845f2..42b15aa3 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ own_notebooks/
 build/
 dist/
 .ipynb_checkpoints
+.vscode/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index cc67606f..00000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "python.linting.pylintEnabled": true,
-    "python.linting.enabled": true
-}
\ No newline at end of file