diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 03d603cbd430281c5974c17b8e33b895b28beaa2..8dc0d4627e2c43c80e02d36f3437b117731ce31d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 **/Cargo.lock
 **/Cargo.toml
 /.cipd
-buildtools/
 compile_commands.json
 cscope.*
 garnet/