diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 600aac3154..1dfbe9ffd4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 *.o
 .deps/
 .libs/
+__pycache__/
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
 TAGS
diff --git a/src/lib/dns/python/tests/.gitignore b/src/lib/dns/python/tests/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 225fc6f665..0000000000
--- a/src/lib/dns/python/tests/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/__pycache__