diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d258abe030e..cac7c2e63ce 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -74,3 +74,6 @@ packaging/release/ansible_release
 /test/results/logs/*.log
 /test/integration/inventory.remote
 /test/integration/inventory.winrm
+# old submodule dirs
+lib/ansible/modules/core
+lib/ansible/modules/extras