diff --git a/tools/layoutlib/.gitignore b/tools/layoutlib/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d44a17d9f80dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/layoutlib/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+api/bin
+bridge/bin
+create/bin
diff --git a/tools/layoutlib/bridge/.gitignore b/tools/layoutlib/bridge/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index efa6632a63416..0000000000000
--- a/tools/layoutlib/bridge/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-bin/*
\ No newline at end of file