diff --git a/orte/mca/plm/md/.ompi_unignore b/orte/mca/plm/md/.ompi_unignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 97b20ffb20..0000000000
--- a/orte/mca/plm/md/.ompi_unignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-rhc
diff --git a/orte/mca/plm/tmd/.ompi_unignore b/orte/mca/plm/tmd/.ompi_unignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 97b20ffb20..0000000000
--- a/orte/mca/plm/tmd/.ompi_unignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-rhc