diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f2e8380a2..8ed9a9b69 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 *.pyc
 *.py.bak
 *.tiny.css
-data/var/log/plinth/*.log
-data/var/lib/plinth/django-secret.key
-data/var/lib/plinth/*.sqlite3
-data/var/lib/plinth/sessions/*
-data/var/lib/plinth/.ssh/
-data/var/run/*.pid
 doc/manual/*/*.pdf
 doc/manual/*/*.html
 doc/manual/*/*.xml
diff --git a/data/var/lib/plinth/.gitkeep b/data/var/lib/plinth/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/data/var/lib/plinth/sessions/.gitkeep b/data/var/lib/plinth/sessions/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000