diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e06c0a0..b9f1b6b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ dependencies-stamp
 /.deps
 /.release
 /.tarballs
+*~
diff --git a/statsd_exporter.exe b/statsd_exporter.exe
deleted file mode 100644
index 974a50a..0000000
Binary files a/statsd_exporter.exe and /dev/null differ