diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f0e9ad03d..84d5565c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 build/
 dist/
 *.egg/
-contrib/pyinstaller/
 Electrum.egg-info/
 electrum/locale/
 .devlocaltmp/
@@ -25,3 +24,9 @@ electrum/gui/kivy/theming/light.atlas
 .cache/
 .coverage
 .pytest_cache
+
+# build workspaces
+contrib/build-wine/tmp/
+contrib/build-wine/fresh_clone/
+contrib/build-linux/appimage/build/
+contrib/build-linux/appimage/.cache/
diff --git a/contrib/make_tgz b/contrib/make_tgz
index a5a3373d9..09c0cea7c 100755
--- a/contrib/make_tgz
+++ b/contrib/make_tgz
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ fi
 (
     cd "$ROOT_FOLDER"
 
-    echo "'git clean -fx' would delete the following files: >>>"
-    git clean -fx --dry-run
+    echo "'git clean -fd' would delete the following files: >>>"
+    git clean -fd --dry-run
     echo "<<<"
 
     # we could build the kivy atlas potentially?