diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 618a815bf3e9e0de205953044d6078975029d9b7..186cdda38982d8ec656f48d957ded8d8d9cabc90 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ cmake_config.h
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 CTestTestfile.cmake
-doc/doxygen
 build*
-html
-man
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 *.orig
 #comment
@@ -20,26 +17,12 @@ doxy-header.html
 *.svn
 headertest*
 Makefile
-Makefile.in
-.deps
 stamp-h1
-missing
 config.*
-autom4te.cache
-depcomp
-aclocal.m4
-libtool
 dune-stuff.pc
-configure
-ltmain.sh
-install-sh
-dependencies.m4
-am
 *.swp
 CMakeLists.txt.user
 demos
-*.gch
-*.lo
 dune/stuff/test/gtest/lib
 data
 !dune/stuff/data
@@ -47,4 +30,3 @@ data
 *.o
 *.la
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-.dirstamp