diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d0955dac..c192310b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ README.rst
 # files generated by tests
 tmp/
 /tests/repo/icons*
-/tests/repo/latestapps.dat
 /tests/repo/status
 
 # files used in manual testing