diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0a123e7..6cb4849 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -63,3 +63,4 @@ stamp-h[0-9]
 tmp
 /.version
 /doc/stamp-[0-9]
+data/**
diff --git a/README b/README
deleted file mode 120000
index 314e17d..0000000
--- a/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-README.org
\ No newline at end of file