diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8821d8ce1..1a6a82c37 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ vm.args
 docker-resources/Dockerfile
 docker-resources/Caddyfile
 pgdata
+uploads
 
 # Prevent committing custom emojis
 /priv/static/emoji/custom/*
diff --git a/uploads/.gitignore b/uploads/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 523e584a7..000000000
--- a/uploads/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Git will ignore everything in this directory except this file.
-*
-!.gitignore