diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 85f67442726e..c5c684f0e146 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ hack/gen-swagger-doc/*.adoc
 hack/gen-swagger-doc/*.md
 hack/gen-swagger-doc/html5
 cluster/local/certs
-**.swp
-**.pem
-**.crt
-**.csr
+*.swp
+*.pem
+*.crt
+*.csr
 _out
 vendor/**/*_test.go
 **/polarion.xml