diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5409b2f09..9be097d51 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,65 +1,15 @@
-Makefile.config
-perl/Makefile.config
-
 # /
-/aclocal.m4
-/autom4te.cache
 /precompiled-headers.h.gch
-/config.*
-/configure
 /stamp-h1
 /svn-revision
 /libtool
-/config
-
-# /doc/manual/
-/doc/manual/*.1
-/doc/manual/*.5
-/doc/manual/*.8
-/doc/manual/generated/*
-/doc/manual/nix.json
-/doc/manual/conf-file.json
-/doc/manual/language.json
-/doc/manual/xp-features.json
-/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md
-/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY-rl-next.md
-/doc/manual/src/command-ref/new-cli
-/doc/manual/src/command-ref/conf-file.md
-/doc/manual/src/command-ref/experimental-features-shortlist.md
-/doc/manual/src/contributing/experimental-feature-descriptions.md
-/doc/manual/src/language/builtins.md
-/doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md
-/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
-
-# /scripts/
-/scripts/nix-profile.sh
-/scripts/nix-profile-daemon.sh
-/scripts/nix-profile.fish
-/scripts/nix-profile-daemon.fish
-
-# /src/libexpr/
-/src/libexpr/lexer-tab.cc
-/src/libexpr/lexer-tab.hh
-/src/libexpr/parser-tab.cc
-/src/libexpr/parser-tab.hh
-/src/libexpr/parser-tab.output
-/src/libexpr/nix.tbl
-/src/libexpr/tests
-/tests/unit/libexpr/libnixexpr-tests
-
-# /src/libstore/
-*.gen.*
+
 /src/libstore/tests
 /tests/unit/libstore/libnixstore-tests
 
 # /src/libutil/
-/src/libutil/tests
-/tests/unit/libutil/libnixutil-tests
-
 /src/nix/nix
 
-/src/nix/doc
-
 # /src/nix-env/
 /src/nix-env/nix-env
 
@@ -85,34 +35,6 @@ perl/Makefile.config
 
 /src/build-remote/build-remote
 
-# /tests/functional/
-/tests/functional/test-tmp
-/tests/functional/common/vars-and-functions.sh
-/tests/functional/result*
-/tests/functional/restricted-innocent
-/tests/functional/shell
-/tests/functional/shell.drv
-/tests/functional/config.nix
-/tests/functional/ca/config.nix
-/tests/functional/dyn-drv/config.nix
-/tests/functional/repl-result-out
-/tests/functional/debugger-test-out
-/tests/functional/test-libstoreconsumer/test-libstoreconsumer
-
-# /tests/functional/lang/
-/tests/functional/lang/*.out
-/tests/functional/lang/*.out.xml
-/tests/functional/lang/*.err
-/tests/functional/lang/*.ast
-
-/perl/lib/Nix/Config.pm
-/perl/lib/Nix/Store.cc
-
-/misc/systemd/nix-daemon.service
-/misc/systemd/nix-daemon.socket
-/misc/systemd/nix-daemon.conf
-/misc/upstart/nix-daemon.conf
-
 /src/resolve-system-dependencies/resolve-system-dependencies
 
 outputs/