diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 5943bbcdf..b1c69a833 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -34,4 +34,3 @@
 ^\.vscode$
 ^renovate\.json$
 ^tests/testthat/helper-sync\.R$
-^\.aviator/config\.yml$
diff --git a/.aviator/config.yml b/.aviator/config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f414896d3..000000000
--- a/.aviator/config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-merge_rules:
-  labels:
-    trigger: mergequeue
-    skip_line: mergequeue-priority
-    merge_failed: ''
-    skip_delete_branch: ''
-  update_latest: true
-  delete_branch: false
-  use_rebase: true
-  publish_status_check: ready
-  status_comment:
-    publish: always
-    open_message: ''
-    queued_message: ''
-    blocked_message: ''
-  enable_comments: true
-  ci_timeout_mins: 0
-  require_all_checks_pass: true
-  require_skip_line_reason: false
-  preconditions:
-    validations: []
-    number_of_approvals: 0
-    required_checks: []
-    use_github_mergeability: true
-    conversation_resolution_required: false
-  merge_mode:
-    type: default
-  auto_update:
-    enabled: true
-    label: 'mergequeue'
-    max_runs_for_update: 0
-  merge_commit:
-    use_title_and_body: false
-  merge_strategy:
-    name: merge
-    override_labels:
-      squash: ''
-      merge: ''
-      rebase: ''
-  base_branches:
-  - main
-scenarios: []
-version: 1.1.0