diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1ab7068c96a..5d3c506ca7a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ vendor/phantomjs/phantomjs
 
 docs/AWS_S3_BUCKET
 docs/GIT_BRANCH
-docs/VERSION
 docs/GITCOMMIT
 docs/changed-files
-docs/changed-files
 
 # locally required config files
 public/css/*.min.css