diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 73eed1395..50b33f899 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@
 /src/lib/**
 /src/opnsense/changelog
 /src/www/wpad.dat
+/src/opnsense/version/*
+!/src/opnsense/version/opnsense.abi.in
+!/src/opnsense/version/opnsense.in
+!/src/opnsense/version/opnsense.name.in
diff --git a/src/opnsense/version/.gitignore b/src/opnsense/version/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index adde9fc76..000000000
--- a/src/opnsense/version/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-*
-!/opnsense.abi.in
-!/opnsense.in
-!/opnsense.name.in