diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 44cb507..88379cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@ TODO
 # Added by cargo
 
 /target
+
+#ignore any hidden linux directories
+.*
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 17b0426..7a9f0ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,3 @@ image = { version = "0.25", default-features = true }
 opt-level = "z"
 lto = true
 codegen-units = 1
-
-[target.'cfg(windows)'.rustflags]
-rustflags = ["-C", "link-args=-mwindows"]