diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.ide.tests/.gitignore b/org.eclipse.xtext.ide.tests/.gitignore
index 4833bea63..6350f0fe2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.xtext.ide.tests/.gitignore
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.ide.tests/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/test-data/
+test-data/
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.ide/.gitignore b/org.eclipse.xtext.ide/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ba077a403..000000000
--- a/org.eclipse.xtext.ide/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-bin
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.util/.gitignore b/org.eclipse.xtext.util/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ba077a403..000000000
--- a/org.eclipse.xtext.util/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-bin
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext/.gitignore b/org.eclipse.xtext/.gitignore
index c3e06757a..d37c14278 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.xtext/.gitignore
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-bin
+!src/org/eclipse/xtext/build
 !xtend-gen/org/eclipse/xtext/build