diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/JUnit4ClassUsedInJUnit3.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/JUnit4ClassUsedInJUnit3.java
index 7be3a59889f..c6f2eef4d43 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/JUnit4ClassUsedInJUnit3.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/JUnit4ClassUsedInJUnit3.java
@@ -66,10 +66,7 @@ public Description matchAnnotation(AnnotationTree tree, VisitorState state) {
     if (!enclosingClass(isJUnit3TestClass).matches(tree, state)) {
       return NO_MATCH;
     }
-    // If we are inside a JUnit3 test class some annotation should not appear.
-    if (isType("org.junit.Ignore").matches(tree, state)) {
-      return makeDescription("@Ignore", tree);
-    }
+    // If we are inside a JUnit3 test class some annotations should not appear.
     if (isType("org.junit.Rule").matches(tree, state)) {
       return makeDescription("@Rule", tree);
     }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/JUnit4ClassUsedInJUnit3Test.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/JUnit4ClassUsedInJUnit3Test.java
index 21aa2fdb302..fbdca15484b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/JUnit4ClassUsedInJUnit3Test.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/JUnit4ClassUsedInJUnit3Test.java
@@ -197,46 +197,6 @@ public void testName3() {}
         .doTest();
   }
 
-  @Test
-  public void positive_ignore_on_test() {
-    compilationHelper
-        .addSourceLines(
-            "Foo.java",
-            """
-            import junit.framework.TestCase;
-            import org.junit.Ignore;
-
-            public class Foo extends TestCase {
-              public void testName1() {}
-
-              // BUG: Diagnostic contains: @Ignore
-              @Ignore
-              public void testName2() {}
-            }
-            """)
-        .doTest();
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void positive_ignore_on_class() {
-    compilationHelper
-        .addSourceLines(
-            "Foo.java",
-            """
-            import junit.framework.TestCase;
-            import org.junit.Ignore;
-
-            // BUG: Diagnostic contains: @Ignore
-            @Ignore
-            public class Foo extends TestCase {
-              public void testName1() {}
-
-              public void testName2() {}
-            }
-            """)
-        .doTest();
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void positive_rule_in_junit3() {
     compilationHelper