diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 668442f61bcb6fef41226bbb46f5a822a77e1689..794cdb35387317810efbc3b8aceccdf53977e8d5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 /src/assets/docs-*
 /compodoc-fr
 /docs-fr_pdf
-# /release has a specific .gitignore
+/release
 
 # dependencies
 /node_modules
diff --git a/release/.gitignore b/release/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e47bb0d92d9fce4f9ce5e29baf7b9c8ea191febc..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/release/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-*
-*/
-!README
-!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/release/README b/release/README
deleted file mode 100644
index 633a026590d2e5fbc38cd5dd1d27cd87a446ecda..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/release/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Directory for built packages (electron, cordova)
\ No newline at end of file