diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 45e8fc9d83981c9d2121e252141e59f6d826b1f2..72b8ea2fd3736c407ac8b321b17bc6d4937ae0cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 *.so
 /kwant/*.c
 /kwant/*/*.c
-/tutorial
 /build
 /dist
 /doc/build
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 197505db81f8a782506519d5a4f70687f713aa84..7165e4867cb7dc4088628c5b88a7aa61d7b82c7f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -250,8 +250,7 @@ def git_lsfiles():
 
 # Make the command "sdist" depend on "build".  This verifies that the
 # distribution in the current state actually builds.  It also makes sure that
-# the Cython-made C files and the tutorial will be included in the source
-# distribution and that they will be up-to-date.
+# the Cython-made C files will be up-to-date and included in the source.
 class sdist(sdist_orig):
     sub_commands = [('build', None)] + sdist_orig.sub_commands