diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d953f4..0000000
--- a/.envrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-use nix
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e1d8ef..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-
-__pycache__/
-
-.venv
-.venv/
-venv/
-
-carouselcli.spec
-carouselgui.spec
-build/
-dist/
-
-.ipynb_checkpoints
-.ruff_cache/
-.pytest_cache/
-.benchmarks/