diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
index 2cd23a3717..9ab7439c0b 100644
--- a/docs/.gitignore
+++ b/docs/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ Makefile.in
 .deps
 .libs
 version.entities
+tmpl/
diff --git a/docs/libs/tmpl/.gitignore b/docs/libs/tmpl/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 14f6ac90af..0000000000
--- a/docs/libs/tmpl/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*.sgml
-*.sgml.bak
diff --git a/docs/plugins/tmpl/.gitignore b/docs/plugins/tmpl/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cd551062d..0000000000
--- a/docs/plugins/tmpl/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-element-capsfilter.sgml
-element-fakesink.sgml
-element-fakesrc.sgml
-element-fdsrc.sgml
-element-fdsink.sgml
-element-filesink.sgml
-element-filesrc.sgml
-element-identity.sgml
-element-multiqueue.sgml
-element-queue.sgml
-element-tee.sgml
-element-typefind.sgml
-gstreamer-plugins-unused.sgml