diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..57b480f4b33bc69e9e1e10fe7e0c3677670928e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bin
+lib
diff --git a/bin/.gitignore b/bin/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ec91b1cae8f5241d7dd89f0a0f8400b06f4c69aa..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bin/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Ignore everything
-*
-
-# But not these files...
-!.gitignore
-
-# ...even if they are in subdirectories
-!*/
diff --git a/lib/.gitignore b/lib/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ec91b1cae8f5241d7dd89f0a0f8400b06f4c69aa..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Ignore everything
-*
-
-# But not these files...
-!.gitignore
-
-# ...even if they are in subdirectories
-!*/