diff --git a/client/.gitignore b/client/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e7ae0f51..000000000
--- a/client/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# binaries generated here
-maxadmin
diff --git a/query_classifier/test/.gitignore b/query_classifier/test/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 670ee3e79..000000000
--- a/query_classifier/test/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# binaries generated here
-testmain
diff --git a/rabbitmq_consumer/inih/.gitignore b/rabbitmq_consumer/inih/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a5429025..000000000
--- a/rabbitmq_consumer/inih/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.a
-make.depend
diff --git a/server/.gitignore b/server/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 5509140f2..000000000
--- a/server/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.DS_Store
diff --git a/server/core/.gitignore b/server/core/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d0c1894ec..000000000
--- a/server/core/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# binaries generated here
-maxscale
-maxkeys
-maxpasswd
-*.DS_Store
diff --git a/server/core/test/.gitignore b/server/core/test/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ebadda641..000000000
--- a/server/core/test/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#binaries generated here
-testhash
diff --git a/server/include/.gitignore b/server/include/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 67020331b..000000000
--- a/server/include/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-version.h
diff --git a/server/inih/.gitignore b/server/inih/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a5429025..000000000
--- a/server/inih/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.a
-make.depend
diff --git a/server/test/.gitignore b/server/test/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 184d7f57f..000000000
--- a/server/test/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# directories generated/filled by "make testall"
-bin/
-Documentation/
-etc/
-lib/
-log/
-modules/
-mysql/