diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 00d5480f3c..b76493d337 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 /libavcodec/*_tablegen
 /libavcodec/*_tables.c
 /libavcodec/*_tables.h
-/libavcodec/codec_names.h
 /libavutil/avconfig.h
 /tests/audiogen
 /tests/base64