diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 41a151f160cfa..8b2a7335ade9d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ nbactions.xml
 .gradle/
 build/
 
-# maven stuff (to be removed when trunk becomes 4.x)
-*-execution-hints.log
-target/
-dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+# vscode stuff
+.vscode/
 
 # testing stuff
 **/.local*
@@ -43,4 +41,3 @@ html_docs
 # random old stuff that we should look at the necessity of...
 /tmp/
 eclipse-build
-