diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f15ac605..7a8dd20f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ kernel*.bin
 
 # build dirs
 /build*
-/.cppan
-/cppan
 /*.dll
 /*.lib
 /*.exe
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ad3aa994..113e8d48 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ SUBDIRS = . tessdata doc unittest
 EXTRA_DIST = README.md LICENSE
 EXTRA_DIST += aclocal.m4 config configure.ac autogen.sh
 EXTRA_DIST += tesseract.pc.in $(TRAINING_SUBDIR) java doc
-EXTRA_DIST += CMakeLists.txt tesseract.pc.cmake cmake VERSION src/vs2010 cppan.yml
+EXTRA_DIST += CMakeLists.txt tesseract.pc.cmake cmake VERSION src/vs2010
 
 DIST_SUBDIRS = $(SUBDIRS) $(TRAINING_SUBDIR)