diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 768a9f242e..22caba4acb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 /MekHQ/classes/
 /MekHQ/data/images/awards/
 !/MekHQ/data/images/awards/standard/
-/MekHQ/data/images/portraits/Female/
-/MekHQ/data/images/portraits/Male/
 /MekHQ/data/images/temp/
 /MekHQ/data/mekfiles/units.cache
 /MekHQ/data/mekfiles/customs/