diff --git a/deps/openssl/config/Makefile b/deps/openssl/config/Makefile
index 8923d17c85f213..300ab009d8fe8c 100644
--- a/deps/openssl/config/Makefile
+++ b/deps/openssl/config/Makefile
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ COPTS =  no-comp no-shared no-afalgeng
 # disable platform check in Configure
 NO_WARN_ENV = CONFIGURE_CHECKER_WARN=1
 
+GITIGNORE = $(OPSSL_SRC)/.gitignore
 GENERATE = ./generate_gypi.pl
 
 OPSSL_SRC = ../openssl
@@ -44,9 +45,8 @@ all: $(ARCHS) replace
 
 # Configure and generate openssl asm files for each archs
 $(ARCHS):
-# Remove openssl git and travis configuration, nodejs has its own (and they
-# should not have been packaged by upstream).
-	rm -rf $(OPSSL_SRC)/.git* $(OPSSL_SRC)/.travis*
+# Remove openssl .gitignore to follow nodejs .gitignore
+	if [ -e $(GITIGNORE) ]; then rm $(GITIGNORE); fi
 	cd $(OPSSL_SRC); $(NO_WARN_ENV) CC=$(CC) $(PERL) $(CONFIGURE) $(COPTS) $@;
 	$(PERL) -w -I$(OPSSL_SRC) $(GENERATE) asm $@
 # Confgure asm_avx2 and generate upto avx2 support