diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bf385c65b78082fb3581d2a2f613ae4da90d7d4b..7756350a2c67d0e3d37642c65031fe63689233da 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -108,5 +108,4 @@ report*.html*
 timeline*.html*
 /workflow/output/*
 /work/*
-/test_data/*
 /.nextflow/*