diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b1dbe314..bef47d48 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ doc
 # bundler
 .bundle
 
+# Gemfile.lock (see http://yehudakatz.com/2010/12/16/clarifying-the-roles-of-the-gemspec-and-gemfile/)
+Gemfile.lock
+
 # jeweler generated
 pkg
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a1f0485..00000000
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-PATH
-  remote: .
-  specs:
-    dogstatsd-ruby (1.0.0)
-
-GEM
-  remote: http://rubygems.org/
-  specs:
-    git (1.2.5)
-    jeweler (1.8.3)
-      bundler (~> 1.0)
-      git (>= 1.2.5)
-      rake
-      rdoc
-    json (1.7.3)
-    minitest (3.1.0)
-    multi_json (1.3.6)
-    rake (0.9.2.2)
-    rdoc (3.12)
-      json (~> 1.4)
-    simplecov (0.6.4)
-      multi_json (~> 1.0)
-      simplecov-html (~> 0.5.3)
-    simplecov-html (0.5.3)
-    yard (0.6.8)
-
-PLATFORMS
-  ruby
-
-DEPENDENCIES
-  dogstatsd-ruby!
-  jeweler (~> 1.8)
-  minitest
-  simplecov
-  yard (~> 0.6.0)