diff --git a/cmd/restic/excludes b/cmd/restic/excludes
deleted file mode 100644
index ab2f4fd31..000000000
--- a/cmd/restic/excludes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/boot
-/dev
-/etc
-/home
-/lost+found
-/mnt
-/proc
-/root
-/run
-/sys
-/tmp
-/usr
-/var
-/opt/android-sdk
-/opt/bullet
-/opt/dex2jar
-/opt/jameica
-/opt/google
-/opt/JDownloader
-/opt/JDownloaderScripts
-/opt/opencascade
-/opt/vagrant
-/opt/visual-studio-code
-/opt/vtk6
-/bin
-/fonts*
-/srv/ftp
-/srv/http
-/sbin
-/lib
-/lib64