diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 123ae94..00de184 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ build/Release
 # Dependency directory
 # https://www.npmjs.org/doc/misc/npm-faq.html#should-i-check-my-node_modules-folder-into-git
 node_modules
+plugins
+platforms
diff --git a/hooks/README.md b/hooks/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 574ad4c..0000000
--- a/hooks/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-#
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-#  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-#
--->
-# Cordova Hooks
-
-Cordova Hooks represent special scripts which could be added by application and plugin developers or even by your own build system  to customize cordova commands. See Hooks Guide for more details:  http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/edge/guide_appdev_hooks_index.md.html#Hooks%20Guide.