diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/.gitignore
index 05838f6f2ebe..ccc240275d1c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 initrd
-linux-2.6
 b[0-9]*
-rcu-test-image
 res
 *.swp