diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index af7096a46..4ac379c09 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ commit.h
 .*.swp
 Session.vim
 package-config/osx/binary/task
-/build*/
-install_manifest.txt
-_CPack_Packages
+/*build*/
 patches
-*.exe
 tutorials
 .prove
 /target/
diff --git a/doc/man/.gitignore b/doc/man/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 811e2c712..000000000
--- a/doc/man/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-task-color.5
-task-sync.5
-task.1
-taskrc.5
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
index 99a78c14e..1153e9327 100644
--- a/src/.gitignore
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
-*.o
-Makefile.in
-debug
-calc
-lex
 liblibshared.a
diff --git a/src/cal b/src/cal
deleted file mode 120000
index c077ac0c7..000000000
--- a/src/cal
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-task
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/calendar b/src/calendar
deleted file mode 120000
index c077ac0c7..000000000
--- a/src/calendar
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-task
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/tw b/src/tw
deleted file mode 120000
index c077ac0c7..000000000
--- a/src/tw
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-task
\ No newline at end of file