diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
index df5cea6eb3..6171b29af9 100644
--- a/src/.gitignore
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -852,6 +852,8 @@
 /python_impl.h
 /fix_python.cpp
 /fix_python.h
+/pair_python.cpp
+/pair_python.h
 /reader_molfile.cpp
 /reader_molfile.h
 /reaxc_allocate.cpp
diff --git a/src/PYTHON/pair_python.cpp b/src/PYTHON/pair_python.cpp
index 292fa4be78..1d37a9fd06 100644
--- a/src/PYTHON/pair_python.cpp
+++ b/src/PYTHON/pair_python.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void PairPython::compute(int eflag, int vflag)
     PyGILState_Release(gstate);
     error->all(FLERR,"Could not create tuple for 'compute' function arguments");
   }
-  
+
   PyObject *py_rsq, *py_itype, *py_jtype, *py_value;
 
   // loop over neighbors of my atoms
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ void PairPython::coeff(int narg, char **arg)
     PyGILState_Release(gstate);
     error->all(FLERR,"Could not create tuple for 'map_coeff' function arguments");
   }
-  
+
   PyObject *py_type, *py_name, *py_value;
   for (int i = 1; i <= ntypes ; i++) {
     py_type = PY_INT_FROM_LONG(i);
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ void PairPython::coeff(int narg, char **arg)
       }
     }
   }
-  Py_DECREF(py_map_args);  
+  Py_DECREF(py_map_args);
   PyGILState_Release(gstate);
 }