diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index be764143aaa1ce6f488d30e58773ea4f0b4bb454..2d3c39d88580bd3a9a5b2a6f5e1ccb6cb9b08f17 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-*.gem
 pkg
 .bundle
 Gemfile.lock
@@ -22,4 +21,4 @@ railties/doc
 railties/guides/output
 railties/tmp
 .rvmrc
-RDOC_MAIN.rdoc
\ No newline at end of file
+RDOC_MAIN.rdoc