diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 58fdbb35e2f1..c06a3ef6d6c6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 *.so.dbg
 *.su
 *.symtypes
-*.symversions
 *.tab.[ch]
 *.tar
 *.xz
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d57cfc6896b8..145112bf281a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@ clean: $(clean-dirs)
 		-o -name '*.c.[012]*.*' \
 		-o -name '*.ll' \
 		-o -name '*.gcno' \
-		-o -name '*.*.symversions' \) -type f -print \
+		\) -type f -print \
 		-o -name '.tmp_*' -print \
 		| xargs rm -rf