diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1bb8b1f01..f8089d4d8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ spack*
 /include/podio/podioVersion.h
 /python/podio/__version__.py
 /python/podio_version.py
-/doc/conf.py
 
 # Populated by doc generation
 /doc/py_api