diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7d23e966e..2f3f623d6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ data/bufr/*decode
 data/bufr/*test
 
 *.sublime-workspace
-*.old
 .idea
 
 build/