diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9aa11484ea..b31db62d5d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,9 @@
 .fdroid*
 *.apk
 *.jks
-/metadata/dump_*
\ No newline at end of file
+/metadata/dump_*
+/stats/logs/
+/stats/data/
+/build/*/
+!/build/extlib/
+/build/.fdroidvcs-*
diff --git a/build/.gitignore b/build/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index fd81615271..0000000000
--- a/build/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/*/
-!/extlib/
-/.fdroidvcs-*
diff --git a/build/extlib/.gitignore b/build/extlib/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c0ff3025c3..0000000000
--- a/build/extlib/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-!*/
diff --git a/stats/.gitignore b/stats/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d50577de9c..0000000000
--- a/stats/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-logs/
-data/