diff --git a/services/web/.gitignore b/services/web/.gitignore
index 4d9572d39e..f08e977e29 100644
--- a/services/web/.gitignore
+++ b/services/web/.gitignore
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public/js/libs/require*.js
 
 app/views/external
 
-/modules/
+modules
 docker-shared.yml
 
 config/*.coffee
diff --git a/services/web/modules/.gitignore b/services/web/modules/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a310279ca9..0000000000
--- a/services/web/modules/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# Ignore all modules except for a whitelist
-*
-!dropbox
-!github-sync
-!public-registration
-!.gitignore
diff --git a/services/web/modules/.gitkeep b/services/web/modules/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2