diff --git a/README b/README
index 6d72976670dcb2db52c544df474e23d06c7fa010..341cc3fd083084d37d79a92f2a8233bc63250ec8 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ COPYING.LESSER  : license
 Makefile        : makefile
 PEOPLE          : list of authors
 README          : this file
-README.git      : quick reference for git
 configurations/ : template configuration files
 configure       : configuration script
 developer-doc   : developer documentation