diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eb26b25d91..da34e166e5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Device-Release/
 *.swo
 
 # Ignore files created by create_project.py
-./projects/
+projects/
 
 # Ignore config files in javascript bindings generator
 tools/tojs/user.cfg