diff --git a/.bazelignore b/.bazelignore
index 9d5ec8281e46..d6976382cfff 100644
--- a/.bazelignore
+++ b/.bazelignore
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
 lib
-build/jvm-rules
\ No newline at end of file
+# a separate bazel project
+build/jvm-rules
+# a separate bazel project
+platform/build-scripts/bazel
+# test data
+android/apkanalyzer/gradle/integration-tests/projects
+# currently not required
+android/android/native/diagnostics/heap
+android/aswb
diff --git a/platform/build-scripts/.bazelignore b/platform/build-scripts/.bazelignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a33163269a5f..000000000000
--- a/platform/build-scripts/.bazelignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# bazel directory is a separate Bazel project
-bazel