diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ee766b37..826b07e2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 # virtual env
 /env/
 
-/bin/
-/include/
-/lib/
-/local/
-/share/
-/virtualenv/
-/pip-selfcheck.json
-
 # transient files
 /db-test.sqlite3*
 /db-local.sqlite3*