diff --git a/babl.spec b/babl.spec
index 06ecf70..5d75431 100644
--- a/babl.spec
+++ b/babl.spec
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ This package contains documentation needed for developing with %{name}.
 mkdir -p "%{buildroot}/%{develdocdir}"
 cp -pr docs/graphics docs/*.html docs/babl.css "%{buildroot}/%{develdocdir}"
 rm -f "%{buildroot}/%{develdocdir}"/graphics/meson.build
+rm -f "%{buildroot}/%{develdocdir}"/graphics/.gitignore
+
 
 %check
 # skip tests known to be problematic in a specific version
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ popd
 - BR: librsvg2-tools for rsvg-convert
 - mark license files as %%license
 - use %%apiver macro consistently
+- don't ship .gitignore file
 
 * Mon Nov 04 2019 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 0.1.72-1
 - Update to 0.1.72