diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index b8b78d143eb1d333eb72fa4ae19b84ce6248aa71..d3d9ae91351acb15db6a68eabc3c75ad4cba24ba 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
 ^LICENSE\.md$
 ^cran-comments\.md$
 ^README\.md$
-^NEWS\.md$
 ^doc$
 ^Meta$