diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4e9ab31e1..d4f03a0df 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 **/*.log
 **/node_modules
-.coverage
-coverage
-.nyc_output
-docs/
-!protos/*
-out/
-build/
+/.coverage
+/coverage
+/.nyc_output
+/docs/
+/out/
+/build/
 system-test/secrets.js
 system-test/*key.json
 *.lock