diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f6f5dae3d4..29757aa51e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -57,14 +57,6 @@ fit-dtb.blob
 /include/config/
 /include/generated/
 
-# Since "ee95d10 fdt: Build the new python libfdt module", a number of
-# build artifacts and intermediated from the python libfdt module are
-# installed into the /tools directory.
-/tools/_libfdt.so
-/tools/libfdt.py
-/tools/libfdt.pyc
-/tools/libfdt_wrap.c
-
 # stgit generated dirs
 patches-*
 .stgit-edit.txt
diff --git a/tools/.gitignore b/tools/.gitignore
index 6a487d2202..5293d44697 100644
--- a/tools/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/_libfdt.so
 /atmel_pmecc_params
 /bin2header
 /bmp_logo
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@
 /img2srec
 /kwboot
 /lib/
+/libfdt.py
+/libfdt.pyc
+/libfdt_wrap.c
 /mips-relocs
 /mkenvimage
 /mkexynosspl