diff --git a/pkg/binfmt/.gitignore b/pkg/binfmt/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index db2b4ca32..000000000
--- a/pkg/binfmt/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-dev
-proc
-sys
-usr
diff --git a/pkg/init/.gitignore b/pkg/init/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index cf40cde3b..000000000
--- a/pkg/init/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-sbin/
-usr/
diff --git a/pkg/rngd/.gitignore b/pkg/rngd/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 41e3a19d3..000000000
--- a/pkg/rngd/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-bin
-dev
-proc
-sys
-usr