diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index fa072c5..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-package_ba269f9bbdba5234dca4bbed95702be2.zip
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
index de91ae3..c842c49 100644
--- a/dead.package
+++ b/dead.package
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-This package was retired due to no active owner on 2011-02-23
+2014-12-20: Retired orphaned package, because it was not built.
+