diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c37494bd71ce..dea264a366fa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@
 /bin/officeotron.sh
 /hardened_runtime.xcent
 /Makefile
-/NEWS
-/TODO
-/README
-/AUTHORS
-/MAINTAINERS
 
 # make id
 /ID