diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2121a74ac1..00f0fcfc3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,18 +30,16 @@ DerivedData
 
 # ignore oculus
 interface/external/oculus/*
-interface/external/oculus/*/
 !interface/external/oculus/readme.txt
 
 
 # Ignore Sixense
-interface/external/Sixense/include/
-interface/external/Sixense/lib/
+interface/external/Sixense/*
+!interface/external/Sixense/readme.txt
 
 # Ignore Visage
-interface/external/visage/dependencies/
-interface/external/visage/include/
-interface/external/visage/lib/
+interface/external/visage/*
+!interface/external/visage/readme.txt
 interface/resources/visage/
 
 # Ignore interfaceCache for Linux users