diff --git a/tools/.gitignore b/tools/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d931772e0..000000000
--- a/tools/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.in
-*~
-autom4te*
-*.Po
-*.swp
-Makefile
-config.*
-configure
-depcomp
-install-sh
-missing
-stamp-h1
-aclocal.m4
-compile
-ltmain.sh
-rwav/rwav
-*.tplg
-topology/*.conf
-test/topology/*.conf
-eqctl/sof-eqctl
-logger/sof-logger