diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 3fedab93a..9f5ba5445 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
 
 ^.*\.backup$
+\.clang-format$
 \.covrignore$
 \.renvignore$
 \.vscode
diff --git a/.Rinstignore b/.Rinstignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e1529876e..000000000
--- a/.Rinstignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-\\.clang-format