diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac50763e7..9b9004675 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,16 +11,3 @@ sonar/scratchpad/src/
 sonar/ooxml-schema-security/src/
 sonar/examples/src/
 sonar/excelant/src/
-
-### JetBrains template
-# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio
-
-*.iml
-
-## Directory-based project format:
-.idea/
-
-## Plugin-specific files:
-
-# IntelliJ
-/out/