diff --git a/rustfmt_excluded_files b/rustfmt_excluded_files
index e22b287a4c9..152c7f6bfff 100644
--- a/rustfmt_excluded_files
+++ b/rustfmt_excluded_files
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
 ./lightning/src/routing/utxo.rs
 ./lightning/src/util/invoice.rs
 ./lightning/src/util/mod.rs
-./lightning/src/util/persist.rs
 ./lightning/src/util/scid_utils.rs
 ./lightning/src/util/ser.rs
 ./lightning/src/util/ser_macros.rs