diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/.gitignore b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/.gitignore
index d230896bd77..0a86cfed18b 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/.gitignore
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/.gitignore
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ conf/core-site.xml
 conf/hdfs-site.xml
 conf/hadoop-env.sh
 conf/hadoop-site.xml
-conf/mapred-site.xml
 conf/hadoop-policy.xml
 conf/capacity-scheduler.xml
 conf/fair-scheduler.xml
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/conf/mapred-site.xml.template b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/conf/mapred-site.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-mapreduce-project/conf/mapred-site.xml.template
rename to hadoop-mapreduce-project/conf/mapred-site.xml