diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
index 0f7709622ca..bd02a0ed4fa 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
@@ -581,7 +581,6 @@ fn mk(config: &Config, opts: &MkOptions<'_>) -> CargoResult<()> {
     // both `ignore` and `hgignore` are in sync.
     let mut ignore = IgnoreList::new();
     ignore.push("/target", "^target/");
-    ignore.push("**/*.rs.bk", "glob:*.rs.bk");
     if !opts.bin {
         ignore.push("Cargo.lock", "glob:Cargo.lock");
     }
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/init.rs b/tests/testsuite/init.rs
index 5bb348ce623..1f9f097f9d3 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/init.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/init.rs
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ fn simple_git_ignore_exists() {
          #already existing elements were commented out\n\
          \n\
          #/target\n\
-         **/*.rs.bk\n\
          Cargo.lock\n",
     );
 
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ fn git_ignore_exists_no_conflicting_entries() {
          #Added by cargo\n\
          \n\
          /target\n\
-         **/*.rs.bk\n\
          Cargo.lock\n",
     );
 }
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/new.rs b/tests/testsuite/new.rs
index bb94fd26a6c..874e2f7a7b6 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/new.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/new.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ fn simple_git() {
         .unwrap()
         .read_to_string(&mut contents)
         .unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(contents, "/target\n**/*.rs.bk\nCargo.lock\n",);
+    assert_eq!(contents, "/target\nCargo.lock\n",);
 
     cargo_process("build").cwd(&paths::root().join("foo")).run();
 }