diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6b4a1a559a..a45e2113756 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ NashornProfile.txt
 /.gdbinit
 /.lldbinit
 **/core.[0-9]*
-*.rej
-*.orig
 test/benchmarks/**/target
 /src/hotspot/CMakeLists.txt
 /src/hotspot/compile_commands.json