diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore
index 70795664c..6fd1c92e5 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore
@@ -53,31 +53,18 @@ coverage.xml
 # Django stuff:
 staticfiles/
 
-# Flask stuff:
-instance/
-.webassets-cache
-
-# Scrapy stuff:
-.scrapy
-
 # Sphinx documentation
 docs/_build/
 
 # PyBuilder
 target/
 
-# Jupyter Notebook
-.ipynb_checkpoints
-
 # pyenv
 .python-version
 
 # celery beat schedule file
 celerybeat-schedule
 
-# SageMath parsed files
-*.sage.py
-
 # Environments
 .env
 .venv
@@ -85,10 +72,6 @@ env/
 venv/
 ENV/
 
-# Spyder project settings
-.spyderproject
-.spyproject
-
 # Rope project settings
 .ropeproject