diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a208b0d564b..b0a1dad27e9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 *~
 \#*#
 *.o
-./xbps-src
+xbps-src
 masterdir
 common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-chroot-helper