diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 97e727b50b..0a19f3ceeb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ OpenCV4Tegra/
 .sw[a-z]
 .*.swp
 tags
-build/
\ No newline at end of file