diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99f984bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bin/
+bin64/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b99e3cc1..2f718bfe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+1.0.0-b13
+
+* Remove bin and bin64 directories
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 1.0.0-b12
 
 * Use -p to print suites from unit test main.
diff --git a/bin/.gitignore b/bin/.gitignore
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index 4071339b..00000000
--- a/bin/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-*
-*/
-!.gitignore
-!README.md
diff --git a/bin/README.md b/bin/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f47df95..00000000
--- a/bin/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Build output directory
-
-To build examples and tests for 32-bit on Windows, change to
-this directory and use:
-
-```
-cmake ..
-```
diff --git a/bin64/.gitignore b/bin64/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 4071339b..00000000
--- a/bin64/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-*
-*/
-!.gitignore
-!README.md
diff --git a/bin64/README.md b/bin64/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index d31a8ee9..00000000
--- a/bin64/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# Build output directory
-
-To build examples and tests for 64-bit on Windows, change to
-this directory and use:
-
-```
-cmake -G"Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" ..
-```
-
-For later versions of Visual Studio edit the string as appropriate.