diff --git a/deps/openssl/config/Makefile b/deps/openssl/config/Makefile
index 300ab009d8fe8c..5de96ab84d1dbc 100644
--- a/deps/openssl/config/Makefile
+++ b/deps/openssl/config/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ COPTS =  no-comp no-shared no-afalgeng
 # disable platform check in Configure
 NO_WARN_ENV = CONFIGURE_CHECKER_WARN=1
 
-GITIGNORE = $(OPSSL_SRC)/.gitignore
 GENERATE = ./generate_gypi.pl
 
 OPSSL_SRC = ../openssl
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ all: $(ARCHS) replace
 
 # Configure and generate openssl asm files for each archs
 $(ARCHS):
-# Remove openssl .gitignore to follow nodejs .gitignore
-	if [ -e $(GITIGNORE) ]; then rm $(GITIGNORE); fi
 	cd $(OPSSL_SRC); $(NO_WARN_ENV) CC=$(CC) $(PERL) $(CONFIGURE) $(COPTS) $@;
 	$(PERL) -w -I$(OPSSL_SRC) $(GENERATE) asm $@
 # Confgure asm_avx2 and generate upto avx2 support
diff --git a/deps/openssl/config/README.md b/deps/openssl/config/README.md
index 45ca72b7972594..d24d54ad2c30bc 100644
--- a/deps/openssl/config/README.md
+++ b/deps/openssl/config/README.md
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ $ git add deps/openssl/config/archs
 $ git add deps/openssl/openssl/crypto/include/internal/bn_conf.h
 $ git add deps/openssl/openssl/crypto/include/internal/dso_conf.h
 $ git add deps/openssl/openssl/include/openssl/opensslconf.h
-$ git add deps/openssl/openssl/.gitignore
 $ git commit
 ```