diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index d9fec7561..15f35e668 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ derby.log
 ^logs$
 ^tests/testthat/logs$
 ^revdep$
-^README\.md$
 ^issue_template.md$
 ^README\.Rmd$
 ^\.github$