diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 84f62c80c..38958ddea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -80,8 +80,5 @@ chef/tmp/*
 # exclude our git version file for now
 config/version.rb
 
-# ignore the Ruby Version manager (rvm) file and other ruby managers
+# ignore the Ruby Version manager (rvm)
 .rvmrc
-.ruby-version
-.ruby-gemset
-.rbenv