diff --git a/demos/.gitignore b/demos/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f20c5fbb..00000000
--- a/demos/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-auth
-box
-box_old
-generichash
-generichashstream
-hash
-onetimeauth
-secretbox
-shorthash
-sign
-stream