diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fac3c6a..6f487d8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,3 @@
 
 # ignore all vscode settings files
 .vscode/
-
-# ignore reference files
-nc_sql.details
-nc_borg.details
diff --git a/sql.empty b/sql.empty
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000