diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 87efd06..0000000
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-expat-1.95.8.tar.gz
-i386
-*.rpm
-clog
-expat-2.0.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87efd06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+expat-1.95.8.tar.gz
+i386
+*.rpm
+clog
+expat-2.0.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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index 804a9bc..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Makefile for source rpm: expat
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.2 2007/10/15 18:44:29 notting Exp $
-NAME := expat
-SPECFILE = $(firstword $(wildcard *.spec))
-
-define find-makefile-common
-for d in common ../common ../../common ; do if [ -f $$d/Makefile.common ] ; then if [ -f $$d/CVS/Root -a -w $$d/Makefile.common ] ; then cd $$d ; cvs -Q update ; fi ; echo "$$d/Makefile.common" ; break ; fi ; done
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(find-makefile-common))
-
-ifeq ($(MAKEFILE_COMMON),)
-# attempt a checkout
-define checkout-makefile-common
-test -f CVS/Root && { cvs -Q -d $$(cat CVS/Root) checkout common && echo "common/Makefile.common" ; } || { echo "ERROR: I can't figure out how to checkout the 'common' module." ; exit -1 ; } >&2
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(checkout-makefile-common))
-endif
-
-include $(MAKEFILE_COMMON)