diff --git a/.bzrignore b/.bzrignore
index 15fa1e88cf5..e893a7dfcfc 100644
--- a/.bzrignore
+++ b/.bzrignore
@@ -40,6 +40,3 @@ __pycache__
 .coverage
 coverage/*
 htmlcov/*
-.coverage
-coverage/*
-htmlcov/*
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dafc9a9a27d..63f4314e054 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,6 +45,3 @@ tags
 .coverage
 coverage/
 htmlcov/
-.coverage
-coverage/
-htmlcov/
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index efb013e74b9..6a2615b94b2 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -73,6 +73,3 @@ Modules/_testembed
 .coverage
 coverage/
 htmlcov/
-.coverage
-coverage/
-htmlcov/