diff --git a/Global/Linux.gitignore b/Global/Linux.gitignore
index 151e2997..b25c15b8 100644
--- a/Global/Linux.gitignore
+++ b/Global/Linux.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-.*
-!.gitignore
 *~
diff --git a/PlayFramework.gitignore b/PlayFramework.gitignore
index 663eb677..b43233e1 100644
--- a/PlayFramework.gitignore
+++ b/PlayFramework.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-# Extracted from https://github.com/ulrich/macaron-factory/blob/master/.gitignore
-# Ignore all dotfiles...
-.*
-# except for .gitignore
-!.gitignore
-
 # Ignore Play! working directory #
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