diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ba0f4e3a7..62527f62a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ subunit.log
 *,cover
 cover
 *.pyc
-.idea
-.*.sw?
-*~
 AUTHORS
 ChangeLog
 build