diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 00c0242d5..fc8c51975 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 # Generated stuff from libtool, automake etc
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
-*.lo
-*.la
-.deps/
-/libtool
 config.h.in
 lex.yy.c
 stamp-h1
@@ -41,157 +37,6 @@ python/gribapi_swig.pyc
 # Generated stuff from builds
 src/.libs/
 tools/.libs/
-tools/big2gribex
-tools/gaussian
-tools/gg_sub_area_check
-tools/grib2ppm
-tools/grib_compare
-tools/grib_copy
-tools/grib_count
-tools/bufr_count
-tools/codes_count
-tools/codes_bufr_filter
-tools/grib_dump
-tools/grib_filter
-tools/grib_get
-tools/grib_get_data
-tools/grib_histogram
-tools/grib_index_build
-tools/gts_copy
-tools/gts_compare
-tools/gts_get
-tools/metar_compare
-tools/gts_dump
-tools/gts_filter
-tools/gts_ls
-tools/codes_info
-tools/grib_list_keys
-tools/grib_ls
-tools/grib_merge
-tools/grib_repair
-tools/grib_set
-tools/grib_to_netcdf
-tools/mars_request
-tools/codes_parser
-tools/xref
-tools/grib1to2
-tools/bufr_compare
-tools/bufr_copy
-tools/bufr_dump
-tools/bufr_get
-tools/bufr_index_build
-tools/bufr_ls
-tools/bufr_set
-tools/grib_to_json
-tools/metar_dump
-tools/metar_filter
-tools/metar_get
-tools/metar_ls
-tools/metar_copy
-tools/taf_dump
-tools/taf_filter
-tools/taf_get
-tools/taf_ls
-examples/C/.libs/
-examples/C/test-suite.log
-examples/C/c_box
-examples/C/c_bufr_clone
-examples/C/c_bufr_missing
-examples/C/c_bufr_attributes
-examples/C/c_bufr_keys_iterator
-examples/C/c_bufr_set_keys
-examples/C/c_bufr_expanded
-examples/C/c_bufr_read_header
-examples/C/c_bufr_read_temp
-examples/C/c_bufr_read_synop
-examples/C/c_bufr_get_keys
-examples/C/c_bufr_read_scatterometer
-examples/C/c_bufr_subset
-examples/C/c_grib_ensemble_index
-examples/C/c_grib_clone
-examples/C/c_grib_iterator_bitmap
-examples/C/c_new_sample
-examples/C/c_grib_get_keys
-examples/C/c_grib_get_data
-examples/C/c_get_product_kind
-examples/C/c_grib_iterator
-examples/C/c_grib_index
-examples/C/c_grib_keys_iterator
-examples/C/c_large_grib1
-examples/C/c_grib_list
-examples/C/c_mars_param
-examples/C/c_grib_multi
-examples/C/c_multi2
-examples/C/c_grib_multi_write
-examples/C/c_grib_nearest
-examples/C/c_points
-examples/C/c_grib_precision
-examples/C/c_grib_print_data
-examples/C/c_sections_copy
-examples/C/c_grib_set_keys
-examples/C/c_grib_set_bitmap
-examples/C/c_grib_set_data
-examples/C/c_set_missing
-examples/C/c_grib_set_pv
-examples/C/c_values_check
-examples/C/*.sh.log
-examples/C/*.sh.trs
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_bufr_expanded
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_bufr_read_synop
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_bufr_read_temp
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_bufr_attributes
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_bufr_set_keys
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_bufr_get_keys
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_bufr_get_string_array
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_bufr_keys_iterator
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_bufr_subset
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_bufr_clone
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_bufr_read_header
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_bufr_read_scatterometer
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_bufr_read_tropical_cyclone
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_clone
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_copy_namespace
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_count_messages
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_count_messages_multi
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_copy_message
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_copy_namespace
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_count_messages
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_get_keys
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_get_data
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_get_product_kind
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_get_pl
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_get_pv
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_get_set_uuid
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_index
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_keys_iterator
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_multi
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_multi_write
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_nearest
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_new_from_file
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_precision
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_print_data
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_print_data_static
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_read_from_file
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_read_message
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_samples
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_set_keys
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_set_bitmap
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_set_gvc
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_set_missing
-examples/F90/eccodes_f_grib_set_pv
-examples/F90/*.sh.log
-examples/F90/*.sh.trs
-examples/F90/test-suite.log
-examples/python/.libs/
-examples/python/my.idx
-examples/python/p_count_messages
-examples/python/p_grib_count_messages
-examples/python/p_grib_iterator
-examples/python/p_grib_keys_iterator
-examples/python/p_grib_print_data
-examples/python/*.sh.log
-examples/python/*.sh.trs
-examples/python/test-suite.log
 fortran/.libs/
 fortran/*.mod
 fortran/grib_f90.f90
@@ -207,33 +52,7 @@ python/eccode_swig.py
 python/eccode_swig_wrap.c
 python/setup.py
 tests/.libs/
-tests/*.sh.log
-tests/*.sh.trs
-tests/test-suite.log
-tests/bpv_limit
-tests/grib_double_cmp
-tests/gauss_sub
-tests/gribex_perf
-tests/index
-tests/jpeg_perf
-tests/julian
-tests/laplacian
-tests/multi_from_message
-tests/pack_unpack
-tests/packing
-tests/packing_check
-tests/png_perf
-tests/read_any
-tests/read_index
-tests/so_perf
-tests/unit_tests
-tests/grib_ccsds_perf
-tests/grib_util_set_spec
 tigge/.libs/
-tigge/tigge_accumulations
-tigge/tigge_check
-tigge/tigge_name
-tigge/tigge_split
 
 # IFS samples
 ifs_samples/*/*.tmpl
@@ -295,17 +114,7 @@ data/exp/
 CMakeLists.txt.user*
 
 #some config
-myconfig*
-myconfigMem*
-myconfigO*
-myconfigemos*
-myconfigemosgprof*
-myconfiggprof*
-myconfignopy*
-INSTALL
 share/
-lib
-include
 
 data/bufr/*diff
 data/bufr/*decode