diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3bb7f9d4..ca4d540a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ _testmain.go
 
 /public
 /themes
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index e80017e4..6b6e050d 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,4 @@ copyright = "Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, Steve Francia; all rights reserved."
 canonifyurls = true
 paginate = 3
 
-# Needed by Theme demos in exampleSite.
-[params]
-  DateForm = "Mon, Jan 2, 2006"