diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6d1ffd5a0c9..fafbf3cfb34 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 .yardoc
 pkg
-*.orig
 
 # ignore Gemfile.lock because we support multiple versions of Rails and
 # don't want to ship locked version requirements