diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fc7992675e28..d9898880e11f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -63,11 +63,9 @@ __pycache__
 *.states
 *.json
 *.d
-build
 cmake-build*
 data
 recommonmark
-deps
 
 # R
 *.Rcheck
@@ -96,6 +94,8 @@ input.txt*
 
 # Jetbrain
 .idea
+.gradle
+*.iml
 
 # ctags
 tags
@@ -104,28 +104,14 @@ tags
 cscope.out
 cscope.files
 
-# Scala package
-*.class
-scala-package/*/target/
-scala-package/*/*/target/
-*.scala_dependencies
-*.worksheet
-*.idea
-*.iml
-*.classpath
-*.project
-*.settings
-!scala-package/*/bin
-*.bak
-*/node_modules/
-
 # Eclipse project config
 .project
 .cproject
+.classpath
+.settings
 .pydevproject
 CMakeFiles
 cmake_install.cmake
-lib
 
 # Visual Studio Code
 .vscode
@@ -145,13 +131,12 @@ tools/pip_package/mxnet.egg-info
 tools/pip_package/mxnet
 
 # temporary path for building dependencies when building wheel
-./deps/
-./staticdeps/
-bld
-./tmp/*
-*.jar
-target
-bin/im2rec
+deps/
+staticdeps/
+tmp/
+build/
+lib/
+bin/
 model/
 
 # VTune
diff --git a/scala-package/.gitignore b/scala-package/.gitignore
index 22b12b31d050..9bf7851716d6 100644
--- a/scala-package/.gitignore
+++ b/scala-package/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+target/
 .flattened-pom.xml
 core/src/main/scala/org/apache/mxnet/NDArrayAPIBase.scala
 core/src/main/scala/org/apache/mxnet/NDArrayBase.scala