diff --git a/vignettes/.gitignore b/vignettes/.gitignore
index 2d19fc7..097b241 100644
--- a/vignettes/.gitignore
+++ b/vignettes/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.html
+*.R
diff --git a/vignettes/precompile.R b/vignettes/precompile.R
deleted file mode 100644
index e9276e9..0000000
--- a/vignettes/precompile.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-devtools::load_all()
-
-knitr::knit("vignettes/gd.Rmd.orig",
-            "vignettes/gd.Rmd")
-
-knitr::knit("vignettes/opgd.Rmd.orig",
-            "vignettes/opgd.Rmd")
-
-knitr::knit("vignettes/sesu.Rmd.orig",
-            "vignettes/sesu.Rmd")
-
-knitr::knit("vignettes/shegd.Rmd.orig",
-            "vignettes/shegd.Rmd")
-
-knitr::knit("vignettes/spade.Rmd.orig",
-            "vignettes/spade.Rmd")
-
-knitr::knit("vignettes/idsa.Rmd.orig",
-            "vignettes/idsa.Rmd")
-
-knitr::knit("vignettes/rgdrid.Rmd.orig",
-            "vignettes/rgdrid.Rmd")