diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/.gitignore b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 7858564a4466..000000000000
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-+mach