diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5f1ba0b92ce..9f3b1ac83b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
-# added for local development
-.buildaix/
-Modules/python.exp
-buildaix/
-installp/
-.gitignore
-
 # Two-trick pony for OSX and other case insensitive file systems:
 # Ignore ./python binary on Unix but still look into ./Python/ directory.
 /python
 !/Python/
+
 *.cover
 *.iml
 *.o