diff --git a/x-pack/.gitignore b/x-pack/.gitignore
index 97c03015b3330..d8827be581931 100644
--- a/x-pack/.gitignore
+++ b/x-pack/.gitignore
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
 /.gradle
 /build
 /target
-/test/functional/failure_debug
-/test/functional/screenshots
-/test/functional/apps/**/reports/session
-/test/reporting/configs/failure_debug/
-
-# TODO remove once all of the modules have been relocated
-# we keep them around to avoid conflicts derived of merge commits,
-# suddenly adding a huge amount of files due to these rules being outdated
-/platform/plugins/private/reporting/.chromium/
-/platform/plugins/private/reporting/.phantom/
-/platform/plugins/shared/screenshotting/.chromium/
-/platform/plugins/shared/screenshotting/chromium/
-
 /.aws-config.json
 /.env
 /.kibana-plugin-helpers.dev.*
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/screenshotting/.gitignore b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/screenshotting/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5696171ed6995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/screenshotting/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/chromium/
+/.chromium/
diff --git a/x-pack/test/.gitignore b/x-pack/test/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..486b3515bbbcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/test/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/functional/failure_debug
+/functional/screenshots
+/functional/apps/**/reports/session
+/reporting/configs/failure_debug/