diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 31517d42bb4..119c8b53e62 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-icu4c/*-stamp
 icu4c/bin
-icu4c/build
 icu4c/data/*.cnv
 icu4c/data/*.dat
 icu4c/data/*.exp
diff --git a/icu4c/.cvsignore b/icu4c/.cvsignore
index 45e1a6b3a2d..9f8d6b556ce 100644
--- a/icu4c/.cvsignore
+++ b/icu4c/.cvsignore
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-build
-*-stamp
 bin
 include
 lib