diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f6eee2fe0c..e1eaee2ce9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,5 +39,4 @@ tags
 result
 # Necessary to prevent hack/tree-status.sh false-positive
 /*runner_stats.log
-.install.goimports
 .generate-bindings
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index df7afcaf79..8932214e48 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -923,7 +923,6 @@ clean: clean-binaries ## Clean all make artifacts
 		libpod/pod_ffjson.go \
 		libpod/container_easyjson.go \
 		libpod/pod_easyjson.go \
-		.install.goimports \
 		docs/build \
 		.venv
 	make -C docs clean