diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 64f03bba844..aec73069b00 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 !.codespellignore
 !.gitattributes
 !.git-blame-ignore-revs
+!.github/
 !.pre-commit-config.yaml
 !.readthedocs.yaml
 !.ruff.toml
@@ -14,9 +15,6 @@
 # except for .gitignore
 !.gitignore
 
-# ... and .circleci
-!.circleci
-
 # Exclude Kdevelop4 files ...
 .kdev*