diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f5591b7..6ef50997 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 cache.properties
 .DS_Store
-tests/test_config.ini
-vendor
+tests/test_config.ini
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 983e1438..00000000
--- a/composer.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "islandora/islandora",
-    "description": "Core Islandora module",
-    "type": "drupal-module",
-    "license": "GPL-2.0+",
-    "require": {}
-}