diff --git a/crates/ruff_workspace/src/settings.rs b/crates/ruff_workspace/src/settings.rs
index e24b0e9f28083e..a650f93d197422 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_workspace/src/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_workspace/src/settings.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ pub(crate) static EXCLUDE: &[FilePattern] = &[
     FilePattern::Builtin("__pypackages__"),
     FilePattern::Builtin("_build"),
     FilePattern::Builtin("buck-out"),
-    FilePattern::Builtin("build"),
     FilePattern::Builtin("dist"),
     FilePattern::Builtin("node_modules"),
     FilePattern::Builtin("site-packages"),