diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8e619b55a7..26045469ed 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ cached_bioconductor_tarballs
 
 #Ignore patches and any original files created by patch command
 *.diff
-*.patch
 *.orig
 *.rej