diff --git a/ompi/mca/btl/portals/.ompi_unignore b/ompi/mca/btl/portals/.ompi_unignore
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index 8381e58f3f..0000000000
--- a/ompi/mca/btl/portals/.ompi_unignore
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-brbarret
-bbarrett
-bwbarre