diff --git a/jaxp/.hgignore b/jaxp/.hgignore
index 655f5df9053..32df842b67c 100644
--- a/jaxp/.hgignore
+++ b/jaxp/.hgignore
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 ^drop/
 ^drop_included/
 ^webrev/
-^nbproject/private/
+/nbproject/private/