diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 55871f06bce9cc82a11899a4a2c59ef27ac9104e..821c8dccb9b9e5610ea8ed23f2e7f6344d03ecac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ testsite/preseed_files/
 testsite/tls/*.pem
 testsite/tls/*.key
 testsite/tls/*.*_*.cfg
-testsite/retry/*
 testsite/ssh/*_key
 testsite/ssh/*_key.pub
 testsite/ssh/*.example.com
diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index d12498a478dcf4f7609a6b607dabb8caa00cb99a..8b50a1f43c069f3824c5cc6eb07a9b5acab37872 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ First of all, let's set-up some basic directory structure and configuration:
 
      roles_path=/home/ansible/majic-ansible-roles/roles:/home/ansible/mysite/roles
      force_handlers = True
-     retry_files_save_path = /home/ansible/mysite/retry
      inventory = /home/ansible/mysite/hosts
 
      [ssh_connection]
diff --git a/testsite/ansible.cfg b/testsite/ansible.cfg
index 4e194160188dd9b8b71c15ddc2f42bb48bdfaf5b..42d46666e32e4cdbbc229a9f0365647b5eb6dc58 100644
--- a/testsite/ansible.cfg
+++ b/testsite/ansible.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [defaults]
 roles_path=../roles
 force_handlers = True
-retry_files_save_path = ./retry
 inventory = ./hosts
 
 [ssh_connection]