diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index c1e49be1..9a399ff5 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ update.log
 tester
 xml-config
 xmlConf.sh
+COPYING
diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000