diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index af21ce2..b8c6145 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ travis-tool.sh
 cran-comments.md
 Makefile
 vignettes/figure
-^NEWS\.md$
 appveyor.yml
 ^cran-comments\.md$
 ^revdep$