diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 34cf5f6c2..d9bee1a0a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 !*/
 # whitelist only the files that ever need to be tracked
 !*.f90
-!*.sh
 swiftest_driver.sh
 !CMakeLists.txt
 !*.cmake