diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ba03587814..6dbea2caab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,11 @@
 *.ncb
 *.suo
 *.obj
+extras/juce demo/build/macosx/build
+extras/juce demo/build/win32_vc8/Debug
+extras/juce demo/build/win32_vc8/Release
+extras/the jucer/build/mac/build
+bin/intermediate*
+bin/lib*
+bin/jucelib*
+bin/JUCE*
diff --git a/bin/.gitignore b/bin/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 10301e28bf..0000000000
--- a/bin/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.a