diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 62cc3f314..ac74788b3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@
 *.tar.bz2
 /*.md5
 /*.b2
+
+# These files have been removed but could still be around in older environments
+/doc/ChangeLog
+/doc/packages-list.txt