diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 567609b123..0000000000
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-build/
diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index 46ee87da40..0000000000
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-[*]
-indent_style = space
-indent_size = 2
-insert_final_newline = true
-
-[*.tpl]
-insert_final_newline = false
-
-[*.go]
-indent_style = tab
-
-[Makefile]
-indent_style = tab
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6c47db7662..e660fd93d3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,18 +1 @@
-
-# non-default terraform ignores
-.terraformrc
-config.tfvars
-terraform.tfvars
-
-*.aci
-id_rsa*
-pull-secret.json
-ssh-key.pem
-tectonic-*.tar.gz
-config.yaml
-
 bin/
-bin_test/
-matchbox/
-/contrib/govcloud/vpn.conf
-tectonic-dev