diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e529e33530a..0d6194dd1e5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ eslint-report.html
 /.gitlab_workhorse_secret
 /webpack-report/
 /locale/**/LC_MESSAGES
+/.rspec
diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
deleted file mode 100644
index 35f4d7441e0..00000000000
--- a/.rspec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
---color
---format Fuubar