diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8fff51e4e..7ae43f412 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,23 +1,26 @@
 *.code-workspace
 *.py[co]
+/.build
 /.vscode
+/b2
+/b2.exe
+/bjam
+/bjam.exe
+/bootstrap.log
 /doc/bin
 /doc/html
-/b2
-/bjam
-/b2.exe
-/bjam.exe
-/.build
-/bootstrap.log
-/test/test_results.txt
-/project-config.jam
-/src/engine/b2
-/src/engine/b2.exe
-infer-out
-build.log
+/example/**/bin
+/example/gettext/messages
 /example/named-install-dirs/bar
 /example/named-install-dirs/foo
 /example/named-install-dirs/q
-/example/gettext/messages
-/example/**/bin
+/project-config.jam
+/src/engine/*.ilk
+/src/engine/*.obj
+/src/engine/*.pdb
+/src/engine/b2
+/src/engine/b2.*
 /test/file.jam
+/test/test_results.txt
+build.log
+infer-out
diff --git a/src/engine/.gitignore b/src/engine/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f85484360..000000000
--- a/src/engine/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-bin.*
-bootstrap
-*.obj
-*.ilk
-*.pdb
-b2
-b2.*
-bjam
-bjam.*