diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 52b8212b13..5c90b0f39c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 *.d
 *.x
 *.exe
+*.sif
 *.dll
 *.pyc
 __pycache__
diff --git a/tools/singularity/.gitignore b/tools/singularity/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e91d7ef0d..0000000000
--- a/tools/singularity/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.sif