diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6aa5681..8aaaf2c4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 outdir/
 .*.swp
 target.sh
+*.pyc
diff --git a/scripts/newtimg.pyc b/scripts/newtimg.pyc
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bdc5c1e..00000000
Binary files a/scripts/newtimg.pyc and /dev/null differ