diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d027f22e..f9ec2d1e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Testing
 cmake_install.cmake
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
-/build/*
+/build/
+/cmake-build-*/
+build-/
 /aclocal.m4
 /autom4te.cache/
 /config.*
@@ -21,23 +23,20 @@ Makefile.in
 /stamp-h?
 .deps/
 *.o
+*.a
 *.dirstamp
 *.gc*
 app.info
 /src/ebusd/ebusd
 /src/tools/ebusctl
 /src/tools/ebusfeed
-/src/lib/utils/libutils.a
-/src/lib/ebus/libebus.a
 /src/lib/ebus/contrib/test/test_tem
 /src/lib/ebus/test/test_symbol
 /src/lib/ebus/test/test_data
 /src/lib/ebus/test/test_message
 /src/lib/ebus/test/test_filereader
-/src/lib/ebus/contrib/libebuscontrib.a
 /src/lib/ebus/contrib/test/test_contrib
 /docs/Doxyfile
 /docs/doxyfile.stamp
 /docs/html
-/cmake-build-debug*/
-/.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
+/.idea/