diff --git a/Mercury.gitignore b/Mercury.gitignore
index 69f5a24905589d33e810ca6d63152f7b0fe1913a..d1d7119c6121693d9710b3fe1b75558f0789f54b 100644
--- a/Mercury.gitignore
+++ b/Mercury.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 Mercury/
-.*.swp
-tags
 *.mh
 *.err
 *.init