diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..6929079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# ignore subchart tarballs
+/charts/*/charts
diff --git a/charts/chris-ui/charts/util b/charts/chris-ui/charts/util
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index 8b27964..0000000
--- a/charts/chris-ui/charts/util
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../util
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/chris/.gitignore b/charts/chris/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a4c7931..0000000
--- a/charts/chris/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/charts/*.tgz
-/charts/pfcon
diff --git a/charts/pfcon/.gitignore b/charts/pfcon/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f9d234..0000000
--- a/charts/pfcon/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/charts/*.tgz
-