diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 96ef2e499f..26094c130e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@
 *.code-workspace
 
 # Veloren
-**/server_conf.toml
-**/keybinds.toml
-**/settings.toml
-assets/voxygen
+voxygen/keybinds.toml
+settings.toml
 *.rar
-
+*.log
diff --git a/chat-cli/.gitignore b/chat-cli/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6197682122..0000000000
--- a/chat-cli/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/target
-/assets
-**/*.rs.bk.rar
-Cargo.lock
diff --git a/client/.gitignore b/client/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 693699042b..0000000000
--- a/client/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/target
-**/*.rs.bk
-Cargo.lock
diff --git a/common/.gitignore b/common/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 693699042b..0000000000
--- a/common/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/target
-**/*.rs.bk
-Cargo.lock
diff --git a/server-cli/.gitignore b/server-cli/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 693699042b..0000000000
--- a/server-cli/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/target
-**/*.rs.bk
-Cargo.lock
diff --git a/server/.gitignore b/server/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 693699042b..0000000000
--- a/server/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/target
-**/*.rs.bk
-Cargo.lock
diff --git a/voxygen/.gitignore b/voxygen/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f47212ae1..0000000000
--- a/voxygen/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-/target
-**/*.rs.bk
-Cargo.lock
-settings.toml
-voxygen.log
diff --git a/world/.gitignore b/world/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 693699042b..0000000000
--- a/world/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/target
-**/*.rs.bk
-Cargo.lock