diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 688d1551..9c111048 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -19,13 +19,8 @@
 .DS_Store
 **/.DS_Store
 
-# Ignore git, but keep git HEAD and refs to access current commit hash if needed:
-#
-# $ cat .git/HEAD | awk '{print ".git/"$2}' | xargs cat
-# d0b8727759e1e0e7aa3d41707d12376e373d5ecc
+# Ignore git
 .git
-!.git/HEAD
-!.git/refs
 
 # Common development/test artifacts
 /cover/