diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fba2f6301d10176a046a0d99160a3236c4c0eadf..d194673e96bbbcc5618759af808ba2f8b9d1709a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@
 /am
 /dune-gfe.pc
 /build-cmake
-/dirneucoupling
-/finite-strain-elasticity
-/neudircoupling
-/rod-eoc
-/rodobstacle
-/harmonicmaps-eoc
 
 # /doc/
 /doc/Makefile.in