diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index edea5bb..35d1d8d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -101,3 +101,6 @@ jdav_web/*/migrations
 */*/migrations/*
 static/
 media/
+
+# database configuration
+jdav_web/my.cnf
diff --git a/jdav_web/my.cnf b/jdav_web/my.cnf
deleted file mode 100644
index dc015a5..0000000
--- a/jdav_web/my.cnf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# This is the mysql login configuration, replace the placeholders with the correct login data
-
-[client]
-password=PASSWORD
-user=USERNAME