diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e837f1fe0..d073ef20f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 __pycache__/
 .vscode/
 
-#buildrootignore
-buildroot/
-linux-testvectors/*
 
 #External repos
 addins/riscv-arch-test/Makefile.include
diff --git a/linux/Makefile b/linux/Makefile
index 37b0cd2df..9904806ee 100644
--- a/linux/Makefile
+++ b/linux/Makefile
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ install:
 	mv $(BUILDROOT) $(RISCV)/$(BUILDROOT)
 
 dumptvs:
-	export RISCV=$(RISCV)
 	mkdir -p $(RISCV)/linux-testvectors 
 	cd testvector-generation; ./genInitMem.sh