diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6f763ba..51c8845 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ weechat/.weechat/logs
 mixxx/.mixxx/*.log*
 vim/.viminfo
 my-cron
+wget/ # backwards compatibility
diff --git a/wget/.wget-hsts b/wget/.wget-hsts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e24441..0000000
--- a/wget/.wget-hsts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# HSTS 1.0 Known Hosts database for GNU Wget.
-# Edit at your own risk.
-# <hostname>	<port>	<incl. subdomains>	<created>	<max-age>
-pypi.python.org	0	1	1542503180	31536000
-raw.githubusercontent.com	0	0	1550891508	31536000
-codeload.github.com	0	0	1543303256	31536000
-pypi.org	0	1	1542503180	31536000
-updates.duplicati.com	0	0	1545632422	31536000
-files.pushshift.io	0	1	1540712484	31536000
-busybox.net	0	0	1544852481	63072000
-chromium.googlesource.com	0	1	1544687086	31536000
-speed.hetzner.de	0	1	1540190122	15768000
-files.pythonhosted.org	0	1	1542503180	31536000
-github.com	0	1	1548809316	31536000