diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5325ba8a..2ecf9b05 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ env
 /doc/
 /Meta/
 .secrets
+epidatr.Rproj
diff --git a/epidatr.Rproj b/epidatr.Rproj
deleted file mode 100644
index 21a4da08..00000000
--- a/epidatr.Rproj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-Version: 1.0
-
-RestoreWorkspace: Default
-SaveWorkspace: Default
-AlwaysSaveHistory: Default
-
-EnableCodeIndexing: Yes
-UseSpacesForTab: Yes
-NumSpacesForTab: 2
-Encoding: UTF-8
-
-RnwWeave: Sweave
-LaTeX: pdfLaTeX
-
-BuildType: Package
-PackageUseDevtools: Yes
-PackageInstallArgs: --no-multiarch --with-keep.source