diff --git a/example/.gitignore b/example/.gitignore
index 784316e..68461cb 100644
--- a/example/.gitignore
+++ b/example/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ config.h.in
 ssh2_exec
 ssh2_agent
 libssh2_config.h
+libssh2_config.h.in
+stamp-h2
diff --git a/m4/.cvsignore b/m4/.cvsignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 38066dd..0000000
--- a/m4/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-libtool.m4
-ltoptions.m4
-ltsugar.m4
-ltversion.m4
-lt~obsolete.m4
diff --git a/src/.cvsignore b/src/.cvsignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 91818cb..0000000
--- a/src/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-.deps
-.libs
-*.lib
-*.pdb
-*.dll
-*.exe
-*.obj
-*.gcno
-*.gcda
-.*.swp
-Debug
-Release
-*.exp
-Makefile
-Makefile.in
-*.lo
-libssh2.la
-libssh2_config.h
-libssh2_config.h.in
-stamp-h1