diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fa9d2e3b95..14e11ad492 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,3 @@
 .DS_Store
 *.bak
 TAGS
-
-# to avoid committing it by accident, since we can't distribute it
-/collects/scribble/lncs/llncs.cls
diff --git a/collects/scribble/lncs/.gitignore b/collects/scribble/lncs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c77022ded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collects/scribble/lncs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# to avoid committing it by accident, since we can't distribute it
+/llncs.cls