diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 23b143259..b6471bec0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 # Python related files
 
 *.dat
-*.egg
-*.egg-info
+*.egg*
 *.pyc
-.eggs
 TAGS
 build
 
diff --git a/contrib/designate-ext-samplehandler/.gitignore b/contrib/designate-ext-samplehandler/.gitignore
index 88f0520c2..dd575dcbf 100644
--- a/contrib/designate-ext-samplehandler/.gitignore
+++ b/contrib/designate-ext-samplehandler/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 *.pyc
 *.dat
 TAGS
-*.egg
-*.egg-info
+*.egg*
 build
 .coverage
 .tox