diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cc0add8b1a..b999dcbe3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,50 +27,16 @@ recipes/**/source.pre-preservation-test/
 target
 wget-log
 /sysroot/
-local/docs/*.log
-local/docs/qt6-build-log.txt
-
-# Explicitly track our OWN source code (recipes with path="source" where we wrote the code)
-# Only recipes under these categories contain our hand-written source:
-!local/recipes/branding/**/source/
-!local/recipes/branding/**/source/**
-!local/recipes/core/**/source/
-!local/recipes/core/**/source/**
-!local/recipes/drivers/**/source/
-!local/recipes/drivers/**/source/**
-!local/recipes/gpu/**/source/
-!local/recipes/gpu/**/source/**
-!local/recipes/system/**/source/
-!local/recipes/system/**/source/**
-!local/recipes/wayland/**/source/
-!local/recipes/wayland/**/source/**
-!local/recipes/kde/**/source/
-!local/recipes/kde/**/source/**
-
-# But not fetched tarballs or build artifacts inside local/
-local/recipes/**/source.tar
-local/recipes/**/source.tar.tmp
-local/recipes/**/target/
-local/recipes/**/build/
-
-# Fetched vendor source trees in local/recipes (not our code, just ports)
-local/recipes/tui/*/source/
-!local/recipes/tui/tlc/source/
-!local/recipes/tui/tlc/source/**
 
 # Vendor source trees (fetched, not our code)
 **/amdgpu-source/
 
-# Linux firmware tree (fetched, not our code — huge)
-local/recipes/system/redbear-firmware/source.tmp/
-
 # Compiled objects
 *.o
 *.so
 
 *.bin
 *.fw
-local/firmware/
 *.lock
 
 # Internal tooling
@@ -79,20 +45,8 @@ TASK_COMPLETION_SUMMARY.md
 __pycache__/
 extra.img: 1073741824 bytes
 extra.img
-local/cache/pkgar/
-
-# Red Bear git-tracked build cache (survives make clean)
-!local/cache/pkgar/
-!local/cache/pkgar/**
 Packages/redbear-firmware.pkgar
 packages/
 sources/x86_64-unknown-redox/
 sources/*.tar.gz
-local/linux-kernel-cache/
-local/recipes/kde/kwin/**
-!local/recipes/kde/kwin/recipe.toml
-!local/recipes/kde/kwin/README.md
 Packages/*.pkgar
-local/cache/pkgar/
-local/reference/
-local/recipes/qt/qtbase/source/