diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f384603..1b2edfb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ design_*
 # hatch handles this one
 neurodesign/_version.py
 
+.vscode
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 070cfda..0000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "esbonio.sphinx.confDir": ""
-}