diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1f8c1842d13af..fbf45aff6770a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /.ebuild.x
 /distfiles/
+/eclass/*.5
 /local/
 /packages/
 /profiles/use.local.desc
diff --git a/eclass/.gitignore b/eclass/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d06cd46646e1..0000000000000
--- a/eclass/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.5