diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 9db083158..000000000
--- a/.npmignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.test.*
diff --git a/src/steps/writing/creation/rootFiles.ts b/src/steps/writing/creation/rootFiles.ts
index 9c9229401..c5ea67ed4 100644
--- a/src/steps/writing/creation/rootFiles.ts
+++ b/src/steps/writing/creation/rootFiles.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ export async function createRootFiles(options: Options) {
 				"node_modules/",
 			]),
 		}),
-		".npmignore": `*.test.*\n`,
 		".nvmrc": `20.12.2\n`,
 		".prettierignore": formatIgnoreFile([
 			...(options.excludeAllContributors ? [] : [".all-contributorsrc"]),