diff --git a/docsms-allowlist/python-allowlist.txt b/docsms-allowlist/python-allowlist.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d8fd4ef..00000000
--- a/docsms-allowlist/python-allowlist.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-^ci-configs/
-^docs-ref-autogen/
-^docs-ref-mapping/
-^docs-ref-services/
-^metadata/
-^previous/docs-ref-autogen/
-^preview/docs-ref-autogen/
-^xrefmap\.yml
-^docsms-allowlist/
-docfx.json