diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 11e7407f..40f27cc1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,19 +7,14 @@ getdns*.tar.gz
 .deps/
 .libs/
 Makefile
-aclocal.m4
-depcomp
 *.lo
 *.la
 configure
-config.guess
-config.sub
 config.status
 config.log
 autom4te.cache
 missing
 libtool
-ltmain.sh
 example-all-functions
 example-simple-answers
 example-synchronous