diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9adcf2d3d..8ba158b02 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,57 +1,10 @@
 # ignored files for Git
 
-*.a
-*.gmo
-*.la
-*.lai
-*.lo
-*.m4
-*.o
-*.Plo
-*.Po
-*.so
-*.so.0
-*.so.0.0.0
-*.1
-
-ABOUT-NLS
-autom4te*
-build/*
-builddir/*
-compile
-config.guess
-config.h
-config.h.in*
-config-git.h
-config.log
-config.rpath
-config.status
-config.sub
-configure
-debian
-!tools/debian
-debian-devel/changelog
-debian-devel/*.log
-debian-stable/*.log
-depcomp
-insert-header.sin
-install-sh
-intl/*
-libtool
-ltmain.sh
-Makefile
-Makefile.in*
-Makevars.template
-missing
-po/*quot*
-POTFILES
-remove-potcdate.sed
-Rules-quot
-weechat.pc
-weechat-*.cygport
-
-*stamp
-stamp*
-
-src/gui/curses/weechat
-src/gui/curses/weechat-curses
+/build
+/builddir
+/debian
+/debian-devel/changelog
+/debian-devel/*.log
+/debian-devel/*-stamp
+/debian-stable/*.log
+/debian-stable/*-stamp