diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 090f974cb9..e32a58417a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -109,4 +109,3 @@ cscope.*
 tags
 TAGS
 *~
-/tests/qemu-iotests/common.env
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/.gitignore b/tests/qemu-iotests/.gitignore
index 0541f80daa..0711cbdbf3 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 check.log
 check.time
+common.env
 *.out.bad
 *.notrun
 socket_scm_helper