diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 46e00d3002..5273caf60e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 /gimp-zip
 /gimpthumb-2.0.pc
 /gimpui-2.0.pc
+/git-version.h
 /gtk-doc.make
 /install-sh
 /intltool-extract
diff --git a/app/.gitignore b/app/.gitignore
index e5731368bd..f104e1f700 100644
--- a/app/.gitignore
+++ b/app/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@
 /gimp-2.*
 /gimp-console-2.*
 /gimp.rc
-/git-version.h
 /libapp.a
 /makefile.mingw