diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/util/kconfig/.gitignore b/payloads/libpayload/util/kconfig/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b49584c932..0000000000
--- a/payloads/libpayload/util/kconfig/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Generated files
-#
-config*
-lex.*.c
-*.tab.c
-*.tab.h
-zconf.hash.c
-*.moc
-lkc_defs.h
-
-#
-# configuration programs
-#
-conf
-mconf
-qconf
-gconf
-kxgettext
diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/util/kconfig/lxdialog/.gitignore b/payloads/libpayload/util/kconfig/lxdialog/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 90b08ff025..0000000000
--- a/payloads/libpayload/util/kconfig/lxdialog/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Generated files
-#
-lxdialog