diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e73bc6be1bb..7ab472a6f31 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,3 @@ coverage.html
 # Wix
 *.wixobj
 *.wixpdb
-
-# OpenTelemetry proto files which are normally cleaned up
-model/internal/opentelemetry-proto
diff --git a/pdata/internal/.gitignore b/pdata/internal/.gitignore
index 980a4a35c71..328ede15522 100644
--- a/pdata/internal/.gitignore
+++ b/pdata/internal/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-.patched-otlp-proto
\ No newline at end of file
+.patched-otlp-proto
+opentelemetry-proto