diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2748526e25..8a5270973e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 /*-darwin-user
 /*-linux-user
 /*-bsd-user
-libdis*
-libuser
+/libdis*
+/libuser
 /linux-headers/asm
 /qga/qapi-generated
 /qapi-generated
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ libuser
 /fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper
 /fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.1
 /fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.pod
-/.gdbinit
 *.a
 *.aux
 *.cp
@@ -81,12 +80,8 @@ libuser
 *.pc
 .libs
 .sdk
-*.swp
-*.orig
-.pc
 *.gcda
 *.gcno
-patches
 /pc-bios/bios-pq/status
 /pc-bios/vgabios-pq/status
 /pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.asm