diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab2f50a0bc..97d1bae04a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,10 @@ coverage/
 python/accounts.txt
 python/all-testaccounts.txt
 tmp/
+
+# from deltachat-node
+node/node_modules/
+node/build/
+node/dist/
+node/prebuilds/
+node/.nyc_output/
diff --git a/node/.gitattributes b/node/.gitattributes
deleted file mode 100644
index 937b84ad73..0000000000
--- a/node/.gitattributes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.ts text eol=lf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/node/.gitignore b/node/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b6a5650bc1..0000000000
--- a/node/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-build/
-package-lock.json
-node_modules/
-test.sqlite
-db.sqlite
-db.sqlite-journal
-.nyc_output/
-coverage/
-prebuilds/
-*.tar.gz
-dist/
-docs/
-.DS_Store
diff --git a/node/.gitmodules b/node/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bb85c95e5..0000000000
--- a/node/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "deltachat-core-rust"]
-	path = deltachat-core-rust
-	url = ../deltachat-core-rust