diff --git a/Global/Linux.gitignore b/Global/Linux.gitignore
index 151e2997..7c2f400f 100644
--- a/Global/Linux.gitignore
+++ b/Global/Linux.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-.*
 !.gitignore
 *~
diff --git a/PlayFramework.gitignore b/PlayFramework.gitignore
index 663eb677..a4a0cf3a 100644
--- a/PlayFramework.gitignore
+++ b/PlayFramework.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-# Extracted from https://github.com/ulrich/macaron-factory/blob/master/.gitignore
 # Ignore all dotfiles...
 .*
-# except for .gitignore
-!.gitignore
 
 # Ignore Play! working directory #
 db