diff --git a/host_vars/.gitignore b/host_vars/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e7d273..0000000
--- a/host_vars/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Ignore everything in this directory
-*
-# Except this file
-!.gitignore