diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 567609b..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-build/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6cb46ec..4425578 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ libxkbcommon is built with [Meson](http://mesonbuild.com/):
 
     meson setup build
     ninja -C build
-    ninja -C build -t targets
-    ninja -C build test
+    ninja -C build test  # Run the tests.
 
 To build for use with Wayland, you can disable X11 support while still
 using the X11 keyboard configuration resource files thusly: