diff --git a/ompi/mca/ptl/portals/.ompi_unignore b/ompi/mca/ptl/portals/.ompi_unignore
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index e4f6cc316d..0000000000
--- a/ompi/mca/ptl/portals/.ompi_unignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-brbarret
-bbarrett