diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index da7b0fffdd4..760c452aab1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 autom4te.cache
 makefile
+*~
 
 /bin/
 /site-lisp/
diff --git a/leim/.gitignore b/leim/.gitignore
index fce0f60aa9c..5fca4a301ba 100644
--- a/leim/.gitignore
+++ b/leim/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 *.elc
-leim-list.el*
+leim-list.el
 
 # arch-tag: 652dce56-7a2f-46ff-8699-c3289ccdc165
diff --git a/lisp/.gitignore b/lisp/.gitignore
index 827cf661492..d8ab5055b4a 100644
--- a/lisp/.gitignore
+++ b/lisp/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 *.elc
-*.el~
 *-loaddefs.el
 loaddefs.el
 subdirs.el