diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
index c93974bf5..1380e2659 100644
--- a/src/.gitignore
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ voltest
 start-pulseaudio-x11
 start-pulseaudio-kde
 vector-test
+*-symdef.h
diff --git a/src/modules/.gitignore b/src/modules/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d2d942dc..000000000
--- a/src/modules/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-module-*-symdef.h