diff --git a/scripts/finit b/scripts/finit
index 20338bb..3603cf2 100755
--- a/scripts/finit
+++ b/scripts/finit
@@ -71,14 +71,6 @@ if [[ -z "${remote_url}" ]]; then
 else
   [[ ! -d "${DOTBARE_TREE}" ]] && mkdir -p "${DOTBARE_TREE}"
   cd "${DOTBARE_TREE}"
-  if [[ -f ".gitignore" ]]; then
-    pattern=$(basename "${DOTBARE_DIR}")
-    pattern="^${pattern}$"
-    exists=$(awk -v pattern="${pattern}" '{ if ($0 ~ pattern) { print $0; } }' .gitignore)
-    [[ -z "${exists}" ]] && basename "${DOTBARE_DIR}" >> .gitignore
-  else
-    basename "${DOTBARE_DIR}" >> .gitignore
-  fi
   git clone --bare "${remote_url}" "${DOTBARE_DIR}"
   if ! /usr/bin/git --git-dir "${DOTBARE_DIR}" --work-tree "${DOTBARE_TREE}" checkout 2> /dev/null; then
     echo "File checkout failed"