diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b5844d2..1276e08 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ cmd/acctservermux/acctservermux
 cmd/acctservermux/log.txt
 cmd/acctservermux/conf.yaml
 cmd/acctclientrest/acctclientrest
+cmd/acctclientrest/conf.yaml
+
diff --git a/cmd/acctclientrest/conf.yaml b/cmd/acctclientrest/conf.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 69ffae3..0000000
--- a/cmd/acctclientrest/conf.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# configuration for acctclient
-
-log_file: client_log.txt
-tls: true
-ca_file:  /home/harvill/gaterace_ssl/groca/cacert.pem
-server_host_override: api.gaterace.org
-server: 127.0.0.1
-port: 8080
-account: gaterace
-