diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 128694603c..e2c5822dd1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -103,3 +103,5 @@ src/Umbraco.Web.UI/[Uu]mbraco/[Ll]ib/*
 src/Umbraco.Web.UI/[Uu]mbraco/[Vv]iews/**/*.html
 src/Umbraco.Web.UI/[Uu]mbraco/[Vv]iews/**/*.js
 
+src/Umbraco.Web.UI/[Cc]onfig/appSettings.config
+src/Umbraco.Web.UI/[Cc]onfig/connectionStrings.config
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/appSettings.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/appSettings.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 411a0016bc..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/appSettings.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<appSettings>
-  <!-- 
-    Umbraco web.config configuration documentation can be found here: 
-    http://our.umbraco.org/documentation/using-umbraco/config-files/#webconfig
-    -->
-  <add key="umbracoConfigurationStatus" value="7.0.0" />
-  <add key="umbracoReservedUrls" value="~/config/splashes/booting.aspx,~/install/default.aspx,~/config/splashes/noNodes.aspx,~/VSEnterpriseHelper.axd" />
-  <add key="umbracoReservedPaths" value="~/umbraco,~/install/" />
-  <add key="umbracoPath" value="~/umbraco" />
-  <add key="umbracoHideTopLevelNodeFromPath" value="true" />
-  <add key="umbracoUseDirectoryUrls" value="true" />
-  <add key="umbracoTimeOutInMinutes" value="20" />
-  <add key="umbracoDefaultUILanguage" value="en" />
-  <add key="umbracoUseSSL" value="false" />
-
-  <add key="ValidationSettings:UnobtrusiveValidationMode" value="None" />
-  <add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
-  <add key="enableSimpleMembership" value="false" />
-  <add key="autoFormsAuthentication" value="false" />
-
-  <add key="log4net.Config" value="config\log4net.config" />
-  
-</appSettings>
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/connectionStrings.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/connectionStrings.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bf3720e09..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/connectionStrings.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<connectionStrings>
-  
-<add name="umbracoDbDSN" connectionString="server=.\sqlexpress;database=v7;user id=sa;password=test" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /></connectionStrings>
\ No newline at end of file