diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e0bba1a6..3a5fc0de 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ doc/latex/
 doc/refman.pdf
 doc/report/
 doc/version.texi
-elisp-comp
 install-sh
 intl/
 ledger
diff --git a/tools/excludes b/tools/excludes
index 762a27c9..f758854e 100644
--- a/tools/excludes
+++ b/tools/excludes
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ data_tests
 depcomp
 doc/.dirstamp
 doc/ledger.info
-elisp-comp
 expr_tests
 install-sh
 intl/