diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index deb0f79e83..93bd49edb9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ git-union-merge.1
 doc/.ikiwiki
 html
 *.tix
-*.o
-*.hi
 .hpc
 dist
 # Sandboxed builds