diff --git a/python/.gitignore b/python/.gitignore
index 1521c8b76..bd729dc2c 100644
--- a/python/.gitignore
+++ b/python/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 dist
+damask.egg-info
diff --git a/python/damask/.gitignore b/python/damask/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b8936623..000000000
--- a/python/damask/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-core.so
-corientation.so
-*.pyx