diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 925e5886..2623ea74 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ doc/source/auto_examples/images/thumb
 doc/source/auto_examples/applications/
 doc/source/_static/random.js
 .idea/
+*.log
diff --git a/skimage/rank/app.log b/skimage/rank/app.log
deleted file mode 100644
index 7eae20f5..00000000
--- a/skimage/rank/app.log
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2012-10-04 09:12:19,785 MainProcess 5265 start logging in app.log