diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c74854a7..7bdcc70e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,16 +1,4 @@
 Makefile
-Makefile.in
-.deps
-autom4te.cache
-config.guess
-config.log
-config.status
-config.sub
-configure
-depcomp
-install-sh
-missing
-aclocal.m4
 INSTALL
 SimGear.spec
 *.o
diff --git a/simgear/.gitignore b/simgear/.gitignore
index bbbecb9b..3393145a 100644
--- a/simgear/.gitignore
+++ b/simgear/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 simgear_config.h
 simgear_config.h.*
-stamp-h1
 version.h