diff --git a/gst/mpegstream/.gitignore b/gst/mpegstream/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 08f5ed37d8..0000000000
--- a/gst/mpegstream/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-Makefile
-Makefile.in
-*.o
-*.lo
-*.la
-.deps
-.libs