diff --git a/App/tools/driver.makefile b/App/tools/driver.makefile
index 03bd15a1b047103cee432ad4a1d0ce66b8c1a09c..21a586616213a2899b51a860030362043d8a8fb5 100644
--- a/App/tools/driver.makefile
+++ b/App/tools/driver.makefile
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ default: build
 
 prebuild:
 
-IGNOREFILES = .cvsignore .gitignore
+IGNOREFILES = .gitignore
 %: ${IGNOREFILES}
 ${IGNOREFILES}:
-	@echo -e "O.*\n.cvsignore\n.gitignore" > $@
+	@echo -e "O.*\n.gitignore" > $@
 
 # Function that removes duplicates without re-ordering (unlike sort):
 define uniq
@@ -1072,4 +1072,4 @@ endif # EPICSVERSION defined
 ##
 ## Friday, July 3 2020                      : Force all module names to be lowercase, to allow consistency between conda/nfs startup scripts.
 ##
-## $(DATE)                                  : Removed the V3-specific code. Added metadata file.
\ No newline at end of file
+## $(DATE)                                  : Removed the V3-specific code. Added metadata file.