diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5be00ff8d..8638f1ba3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 *~
 .DS_Store
 bin
-PRIVATE
 build
 system_report.txt
diff --git a/examples/.gitignore b/examples/.gitignore
index b832fb271..cb471f72e 100644
--- a/examples/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-*.C_ref
 *.hdf5
 *.xdmf
 *.sta