diff --git a/.gcloudignore b/.gcloudignore
index d11f3a72e..a1ac4bdf6 100644
--- a/.gcloudignore
+++ b/.gcloudignore
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# Explicitly add .git so that hugo has git commit info
-!.git
 public/
 resources/
 node_modules/