diff --git a/.tarballignore b/.tarballignore
index e69de29..6ddadbb 100644
--- a/.tarballignore
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+.gitignore
+m4/ax_check_link_flag.m4
+m4/ax_check_preproc_flag.m4
+.tarballignore