diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fda2fd4b4e..682253715a 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ src/main/caribwhale_data_dir
 /node_modules
 .vscode/
 *.swp
+/src/jsp/
 
 src/main/webapp/javascript/dev/MarkedIndividual.json
 src/main/webapp/javascript/dev/Relationship.json
diff --git a/src/jsp/encounters/visual_files/.gitignore b/src/jsp/encounters/visual_files/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100755
index 063775e2ae..0000000000
--- a/src/jsp/encounters/visual_files/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/Thumbs.db
diff --git a/src/jsp/images/.gitignore b/src/jsp/images/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100755
index 063775e2ae..0000000000
--- a/src/jsp/images/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/Thumbs.db
diff --git a/src/jsp/images/interconnect/.gitignore b/src/jsp/images/interconnect/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100755
index 063775e2ae..0000000000
--- a/src/jsp/images/interconnect/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/Thumbs.db