diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fee2a83..1bdc7ab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # program itself
 cstatbar
+config.h
+
+# patch file output
+*.rej
+*.orig
 
 # ---> C
 # Prerequisites
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 478aac7..0000000
--- a/config.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-static const int cycletime      = 2;  /* time between updates in second */ 
-static const char interface[]   = "enp4s0"; /* The name of the inteface to display information for */
-static const char * icons[]     = { /* Array of icons to be used for the status bar segments */
-    "",    // Icon for date
-    "",    // Icon for battery
-    "",    // Icon for CPU usage
-    "",    // Icon for RAM usage
-    "",    // Icon for disk
-    "龍",   // Icon for network speed
-    "",    // Icon for upload speed 
-    "",    // Icon for download speed 
-    "",    // Icon for network information
-    ""     // Icon for music infos 
-};