diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cb65f447d4a551..1ef4c297ee4f36 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .DS_Store
 .ipynb_checkpoints
 node_modules
+/.bazelrc
 /.tf_configure.bazelrc
 /bazel-*
 /bazel_pip
diff --git a/.bazelrc b/tools/bazel.rc
similarity index 98%
rename from .bazelrc
rename to tools/bazel.rc
index 1945078789dcd4..cee0b0b064d242 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/tools/bazel.rc
@@ -91,5 +91,3 @@ build:dynamic_kernels --define=dynamic_loaded_kernels=true
 build --define=PREFIX=/usr
 build --define=LIBDIR=$(PREFIX)/lib
 build --define=INCLUDEDIR=$(PREFIX)/include
-
-# Do not commit the tf_configure.bazelrc line