diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/.gitignore
index 31e5eea2a9b9..7b9dc2426f18 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/.gitignore
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ map_fixed_noreplace
 write_to_hugetlbfs
 hmm-tests
 memfd_secret
-local_config.*
 soft-dirty
 split_huge_page_test
 ksm_tests