diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3619024573..c1e8f4af0b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ ENV/
 # Local Postgres data
 pg_data/
 pg_data.bak*/
+dev/containers/postgresql/data/
+dev/containers/postgresql/data.bak*/
 
 # static files
 koku/staticfiles/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 89f2c7c60b..804e0a07d6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ make-migrations:
 	$(DJANGO_MANAGE) makemigrations api reporting reporting_common cost_models key_metrics
 
 delete-db:
-	@$(PREFIX) rm -rf $(TOPDIR)/dev/containers/postgresql/data/*
+	@$(PREFIX) rm -rf $(TOPDIR)/dev/containers/postgresql/data/
 
 delete-test-db:
 	@PGPASSWORD=$$DATABASE_PASSWORD psql -h $$POSTGRES_SQL_SERVICE_HOST \
diff --git a/dev/containers/postgresql/data/.gitignore b/dev/containers/postgresql/data/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 668823aafa..0000000000
--- a/dev/containers/postgresql/data/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Ignore all files in this dir...
-*
-
-# ... except for this one.
-!.gitignore