diff --git a/src/gitingest/utils/ignore_patterns.py b/src/gitingest/utils/ignore_patterns.py
index 9339b512..7e58f956 100644
--- a/src/gitingest/utils/ignore_patterns.py
+++ b/src/gitingest/utils/ignore_patterns.py
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
     "*.user",
     "*.userosscache",
     "*.sln.docstates",
-    "packages/",
     "*.nupkg",
     # Go / .NET / C#
     "bin/",