diff --git a/scripts/apply_coreth_diff.sh b/scripts/apply_coreth_diff.sh
index 0a18486480..15744c607c 100755
--- a/scripts/apply_coreth_diff.sh
+++ b/scripts/apply_coreth_diff.sh
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ sed_command='s!github.com/ava-labs/coreth!github.com/ava-labs/subnet-evm!g'
 # TODO: improve this command that finds all the "coreth" references and replaces them with "subnet-evm"
 LANG=C find . -type f \! -name 'apply_coreth_diff.sh' \! -path './.git/*' \! -path './contracts/node_modules/*' -exec sed -i '' -e "${sed_command}" {} \;
 gofmt -w .
-go mod tidy
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+go mod tidy
+
+# Restore contracts/.gitignore
+git checkout -- contracts/.gitignore
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