diff --git a/interfaces/cython/.gitignore b/interfaces/cython/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a5acec62..000000000
--- a/interfaces/cython/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-cantera/*.cpp
-cantera/*.c
-cantera/data
-cantera/test/data
-Cantera.egg-info
-dist
-setup.cfg
-LICENSE.txt
-README.rst
diff --git a/interfaces/python_minimal/.gitignore b/interfaces/python_minimal/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 681299256..000000000
--- a/interfaces/python_minimal/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-cantera/ck2yaml.py
-cantera/cti2yaml.py
-cantera/ctml2yaml.py
-build
-dist
-Cantera_minimal.egg-info
-LICENSE.txt
-README.rst
-setup.cfg
diff --git a/test_problems/.gitignore b/test_problems/.gitignore
index da5244fc7..6adfc2c05 100644
--- a/test_problems/.gitignore
+++ b/test_problems/.gitignore
@@ -74,4 +74,3 @@ surfSolverTest/results.txt
 surfSolverTest/results2.txt
 surfSolverTest/surfaceSolver
 surfSolverTest/surfaceSolver2
-stoichSolidKinetics/stoichSolidKinetics