diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 691c7f148..8c1f77aae 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 ^docs$
 ^pkgdown$
 ^man-roxygen$
-^dev-helpers\.R$
 ^LICENSE\.md$
 ^\.appveyor\.yml$
 ^\.github$
 ^vignettes/articles-online-only$
+^release-prep\.R$
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cce013141..db3f1c32c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 .Ruserdata
 .vscode/*
 
-design-questions/*
 inst/doc
 dev-helpers.R
 release-prep.R