diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 688acec64f..bd0acdc161 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@ bitbake
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
 /*.patch
-build*/conf/local.conf
-build*/conf/bblayers.conf
-build*/downloads
-build*/tmp/
-build*/sstate-cache
+build*/
 pyshtables.py
 pstage/
 scripts/oe-git-proxy-socks