diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 05b86e39c..41d0e227c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -57,3 +57,6 @@ tsfresh/examples/data/
 tsfresh/notebooks/data/
 # ds_store
 *.DS_Store
+
+# dask
+dask-worker-space
diff --git a/dask-worker-space/dask-worker-space/global.lock b/dask-worker-space/dask-worker-space/global.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/dask-worker-space/dask-worker-space/purge.lock b/dask-worker-space/dask-worker-space/purge.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000