diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 12dd3b49ea..9de700d148 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -62,6 +62,3 @@ vendor/*
 
 #ignore addons/ directory
 addons/
-
-#Ignore .htaccess as it may contain local changes
-.htaccess
diff --git a/.htaccess-dist b/.htaccess
similarity index 100%
rename from .htaccess-dist
rename to .htaccess