diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4b576eb9c00..3f8fb686b59c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 *.a
 *.s
 *.ko
+*.so
 *.mod.c
 
 #
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/ia32/.gitignore b/arch/x86_64/ia32/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 48ab174fe5f1..000000000000
--- a/arch/x86_64/ia32/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-vsyscall*.so