diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a3639ff7..07b6b263b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ data/bufr/*test
 
 *.sublime-workspace
 .idea
+.vscode
 
 build/
 *.back
diff --git a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 256560fbd..000000000
--- a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "name": "Linux",
-            "includePath": [
-                "/usr/include",
-                "/usr/include/linux",
-                "/usr/local/apps/gcc/7.3.0/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/7.3.0/include",
-                "${workspaceRoot}"
-            ],
-            "defines": [],
-            "compilerPath": "/usr/local/apps/gcc/7.3.0/bin/gcc",
-            "cStandard": "c89",
-            "cppStandard": "c++17",
-            "intelliSenseMode": "clang-x64"
-        }
-    ],
-    "version": 4
-}