diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce310bc35..1da12d1cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # Ignore CI build directory
 build/
+# python
+*.pyc
diff --git a/googletest/.gitignore b/googletest/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b7be4b91..000000000
--- a/googletest/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# python
-*.pyc