diff --git a/tools/lib/ignoredPaths.js b/tools/lib/ignoredPaths.js
index cbcb28b1dd3..76d7a3edc39 100644
--- a/tools/lib/ignoredPaths.js
+++ b/tools/lib/ignoredPaths.js
@@ -14,18 +14,16 @@ module.exports = [
   'caniuse-db',
   'cross-env',
   'spectron',
+  '\\.(0|13ctype|APACHE2|BSD|DOCS|DS_Store|LESSER|Makefile|a|ac|aff|after|am|arcconfig|arclint|babelrc|bat|before|bnf|brave-gyp|c|cardinalrc|cc|cfg|closure-compiler|cmake|cmd|covignore|cpp|csv|cxx|d|def|deps|dic|dll|dntrc|dockerignore|dsp|editorconfig|editorconfig~|el|enc|entitlements|eot|esprima|flow|flowconfig|gitattributes|githug|gitignore|gitattributes|gitignore|gitkeep|gitmodules|gnu|gradle|gyp|gypi|gz|h|hbs|hxx|idl|iml|in|inc|include|info|jade|java|jsfmtrc|jshint|jshintignore|jshintrc|jslintrc|jst|js~|keep|lint|lintignore|lock|log|ls|m4|mailmap|map|markdown|md|mdown|md~|mem|min-wd|mk|mkd|mm|mustache|myspell|myspell|name|nsh|nsi|nsprc|nuspec|nvmrc|o|old|orig|otf|param|patch|pegjs|post|pre|pro|py|rej|s|sage|scss|settings|sh|skip|source-map|stamp|swo|tap|targ|template|tern-port|tern-project|testignore|tm_properties|tmp|tpl|ts|txt|un~|vscode|xcf|xml|yaml|yml)$',
+  '/deps/',
+  'Release/obj',
+  'obj.target',
   'ad-block/(node_modules|test|perf|sample|scripts|test|vendor|ABPFilterParserData.dat)',
-  'ad-block/build/Release/(obj|obj.target|.deps|ad-block.pdb|ad-block.map)',
+  'leveldown/(node_modules|src|iojs)',
   'tracking-protection/(node_modules|test|data|scripts|vendor)',
   'tracking-protection/build/node_modules',
-  'tracking-protection/build/Release/(tp_node_addon.pdb|sample.pdb|test.pdb|tp_node_addon.map|sample.map|test.map|hashset-cpp.map|sample.exe|test.exe)',
-  'hashset-cpp/build/Release/(obj|hashset-cpp.pdb|hashset-cpp.map)',
-  'bloom-filter-cpp/build/Release/(obj|bloom-filter-cpp.map|bloom-filter-cpp.pdb)',
-  'keytar/build/Release/(obj|keytar.pdb|keytar.map)',
-  'spellchecker/build/Release/(obj|spellchecker.pdb|spellchecker.map)',
-  'sqlite3/(src|deps)',
-  'sqlite3/build/Release/(obj|obj.target|.deps)',
-  'tracking-protection/build/Release/(obj|obj.target|.deps|hashset-cpp.pdb)',
+  'tracking-protection/build/Release/(sample.exe|test.exe)',
+  'sqlite3/src',
   'nsp/node_modules',
   'electron-installer-squirrel-windows',
   'electron-chromedriver',
@@ -33,9 +31,6 @@ module.exports = [
   'node-notifier/vendor',
   'node-gyp',
   'npm',
-  '.brave-gyp',
-  '.vscode',
-  '.github',
   'jsdoc',
   'docs',
   'sinon',