diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c12ce354a7..fb3dd5b33b9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ libpython*.so*
 platform
 pybuilddir.txt
 pyconfig.h
-python$
+python
 python-config
 python-config.py
 python.bat