diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e453ab7a9..605fa76b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-Makefile
 config.log
 config.status
 autom4te.cache
diff --git a/hermit/.gitignore b/hermit/.gitignore
index 485c05a72..feb723cf0 100644
--- a/hermit/.gitignore
+++ b/hermit/.gitignore
@@ -6,15 +6,14 @@
 *.elf32
 *.sym
 *.bin
-initrd.cpio
 qemu-vlan0.pcap
 autom4te.cache
 documentation/html/
 include/hermit/config.inc
 tools/*.img
 tools/*_proxy
-tools/make_initrd
 tools/*iso
+tools/init.h
 usr/tests/hello
 usr/tests/hello++
 usr/tests/hellof