diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/main/resources/templates/gitignore.tmpl b/initializr-generator/src/main/resources/templates/gitignore.tmpl
index 237cfff2..f9845ed9 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/main/resources/templates/gitignore.tmpl
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/main/resources/templates/gitignore.tmpl
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 
 ### NetBeans ###
 /nbproject/private/
+{{#mavenBuild}}
 /build/
+{{/mavenBuild}}
 /nbbuild/
 /dist/
 /nbdist/
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/project/gradle/gitignore.gen b/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/project/gradle/gitignore.gen
index 2b1babbf..9243c63d 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/project/gradle/gitignore.gen
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/project/gradle/gitignore.gen
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 ### NetBeans ###
 /nbproject/private/
-/build/
 /nbbuild/
 /dist/
 /nbdist/