diff --git a/src/.cvsignore b/src/.cvsignore
index fafe50919a..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/src/.cvsignore
+++ b/src/.cvsignore
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-contrib
-documentation
-examples
-java
-models
-records
-resources
-testcases
-types
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/.cvsignore b/src/scratchpad/.cvsignore
index 8d7af41590..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/.cvsignore
+++ b/src/scratchpad/.cvsignore
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-lib
-models
-src
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/.cvsignore b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/.cvsignore
index 1150ed9d40..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/.cvsignore
+++ b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-hdf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/.cvsignore b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/.cvsignore
index 252901b76b..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/.cvsignore
+++ b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/.cvsignore
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-data
-AllTests.java
-HWPFDocFixture.java
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/.cvsignore b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/.cvsignore
index cb2519e55a..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/.cvsignore
+++ b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/.cvsignore
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-TestCHPBinTable.java
-TestDocumentProperties.java
-TestFileInformationBlock.java
-TestFontTable.java
-TestListTables.java
-TestPAPBinTable.java
-TestPlexOfCps.java
-TestSectionTable.java
-TestStyleSheet.java
-TestTextPieceTable.java