diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fc8ea87b68f0fdf0c05a9d92e15d7e3e403384e8..ccf1add084b2ec33cc5291d3da9be6976fee2e39 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 *~
-*.bak
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
 *.so