diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a419c9bde74..f77d3a49e11 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 # Previous releases
 /releases
 
-#build tests
-test/lint/test_runner/target/
+# cargo default target dir
+target/
 
 /guix-build-*