diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 32aa20f54..467760b82 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 *~
-build/*
-data/*
-install/*
-!install/math_kernel.cl
 docs/doxygen/Doxyfile
 docs/html
 docs/latex