diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 70ce3a2bf1..bb3034e61b 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ src/dataIntegration/fluxomics/c13solver/slvrEMU_fast.m
 # model files for testing
 test/models/*.xml
 test/models/*.mat
-!test/models/Recon2.0model.mat
 
 # tests
 test/additionalTests/testGrowthExpMatch/GEMLog.txt