diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d9761ce4092..856ff7dbb0f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ __pycache__/
 /obj/
 /rustllvm/
 /unicode-downloads
-/target/
+/target
 # Generated by compiletest for incremental:
 /tmp/
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