diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c79e5d43..287fa283 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,3 @@
 /install
 /dist
 /MANIFEST
-
-# third-party libraries:
-/node_modules
diff --git a/.husky/.gitignore b/.husky/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 31354ec1..00000000
--- a/.husky/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-_
diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
deleted file mode 100755
index 36af2198..00000000
--- a/.husky/pre-commit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-. "$(dirname "$0")/_/husky.sh"
-
-npx lint-staged