diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e48248836..186713e1f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ bindings
 # Database cluster and sockets for testing
 dev_pgdata/
 *.PGSQL.*
+
+# database dumps
+*.sqldump
diff --git a/.rgignore b/.rgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index eab207b73..000000000
--- a/.rgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.sqldump