diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 64d86c2d..93ec4c02 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 bin
 build
 *.iml
-/target/
+target/
 .idea
 .classpath
 .project
diff --git a/dogstatsd-http/core/.gitignore b/dogstatsd-http/core/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b83d2226..00000000
--- a/dogstatsd-http/core/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/target/
diff --git a/dogstatsd-http/forwarder/.gitignore b/dogstatsd-http/forwarder/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b83d2226..00000000
--- a/dogstatsd-http/forwarder/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/target/