diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9d66e6e0a..e5d06cdf0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,14 +1,2 @@
-#
-# Adding .gitignore files because debian builds are being done in the xcat-core
-# directory, causing issues when switching branches. 
-#
-*debhelper.log
-*substvars
-*man1
-*man3
-*man5
-*man7
-*man8
-*.tmp
 # ignore the documentation build files
 docs/build