diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4e340e1..8a23e1a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,25 +1,14 @@
 # Metadata (always first, per repo convention)
 .idea/
 .zcode/
-.qwen/
-.mimocode/
 
-# Binaries
-/gasm
+# Build output
 /bin/
-*.exe
-
-# Test and coverage artefacts
+/gasm
 coverage.out
 *.test
 
-# Crash dumps
+# Crash dumps from the emulator runs
 core
 core.*
 *.core
-
-# Scratch / temporary work
-_scratch/
-
-# ZCode workspace
-.zcode