diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2e14561fe..870cb1c06 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ perl/Makefile.config
 
 /src/nix-prefetch-url/nix-prefetch-url
 
-# /src/nix-daemon/
-/src/nix-daemon/nix-daemon
-
 /src/nix-collect-garbage/nix-collect-garbage
 
 # /src/nix-channel/