diff --git a/thirdparty/.gitignore b/thirdparty/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 72a2fbc0a..000000000
--- a/thirdparty/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-Zend/
-jsmin/
-json/
-simplepie/
-simpletest/
-spyc/