diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 96968b4e71b..2c2afc282ed 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ cscope.*
 gmon.out
 py-compile
 tags
+__pycache__
 
 # Files generated by crashed programs
 vgcore.*
diff --git a/qa/.gitignore b/qa/.gitignore
index c4a1a681160..e80d9d42aaf 100644
--- a/qa/.gitignore
+++ b/qa/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@
 .*.sw[nmop]
 *.pyc
 .tox
-__pycache__
diff --git a/src/pybind/.gitignore b/src/pybind/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 225fc6f6650..00000000000
--- a/src/pybind/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/__pycache__
diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/ansible/.gitignore b/src/pybind/mgr/ansible/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..43a2d269d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/ansible/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+wheelhouse*
diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/.gitignore b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/.gitignore
index 804183753df..0e6f614929d 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/.gitignore
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ htmlcov
 .tox
 coverage.xml
 junit*xml
-__pycache__
 .cache
 ceph.conf
 wheelhouse*
diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/orchestrator_cli/.gitignore b/src/pybind/mgr/orchestrator_cli/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..43a2d269d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/orchestrator_cli/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+wheelhouse*