diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index da5eb69d..00000000
--- a/debian/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# Ignore generated files
-*.deb
-*.dsc
-*.changes
-*.build
-*.buildinfo
-*.tar.gz
-
-# Ignore files generated during build
-files
-autoreconf.*
-*.substvars
-*.log
-*.debhelper
-*-stamp
-/*/
-!missing-sources/
-!patches/
-!patches/*.patch
-!source/
-!tests/
-!upstream/