diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9bea1184..84c0b6ba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,56 +1,33 @@
 /*.pc
 /.ccache/
 /Doxyfile
-/aclocal.m4
-/aminclude_static.am
-/autom4te.cache
 /build/
-/build-aux/
 /bus/tmpfiles.d/dbus.conf
 /ci-build*/
 /*-prefix/
 *.zst*
 file*.lst
 /cmake/DBus1Config*.cmake
-/config.cache
-/config.h
-/config.h.in
-/config.log
-/config.status
-/configure
 /dbus-1.*-coverage.info
 /dbus-1.*-coverage.info.tmp
 /dbus-1.*-coverage/
 /dbus-1.*.tar.*
 /dbus-1.*/
-/libtool
-/m4/libtool.m4
-/m4/lt*.m4
-/m4/pkg.m4
 /src-from-dist/
-/stamp-h
-/stamp-h.in
-/stamp-h1
-/test-driver
-
 *.bb
 *.bbg
 *.da
 *.gcda
 *.gcno
 *.gcov
-*.la
-*.lo
 *.o
 *.orig
 *.rej
 *~
 .*.sw?
 .deps/
-.dirstamp
 .libs/
 Makefile
-Makefile.in
 __pycache__/
 cscope.out
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