diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 846a3aa..ad774e7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+*~
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
 aclocal.m4
@@ -13,3 +14,4 @@ m4/
 missing
 spice-protocol.pc
 stamp-h1
+INSTALL
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
deleted file mode 120000
index cbd1c80..0000000
--- a/INSTALL
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/usr/share/automake-1.11/INSTALL
\ No newline at end of file