diff --git a/orte/mca/pls/poe/.ompi_ignore b/orte/mca/pls/poe/.ompi_ignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/orte/mca/pls/poe/.ompi_unignore b/orte/mca/pls/poe/.ompi_unignore
deleted file mode 100644
index fad16f37e9..0000000000
--- a/orte/mca/pls/poe/.ompi_unignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-angskun
-zchen
-thara
-bosilca