diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e97571448..8d95669ac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -79,7 +79,3 @@ rebar-git-cache.tar
 apps/emqx_utils/src/emqx_variform_parser.erl
 apps/emqx_utils/src/emqx_variform_scan.erl
 default-profile.mk
-# local
-/_compat
-/scratch
-SCRATCH