diff --git a/tmk_core/.gitignore b/tmk_core/.gitignore
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-.dep
-*.o
-*.eep
-*.elf
-*.hex
-*.lss
-*.lst
-*.map
-*.sym
-tags
-*~
-build/
-*.bak
diff --git a/tmk_core/.gitmodules b/tmk_core/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000