diff --git a/csu/.gitignore b/csu/.gitignore
index da6e41b9534..112daed8190 100644
--- a/csu/.gitignore
+++ b/csu/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 *.d *.o *.so *.po *.go stamp.* *.stamp *.ustamp *.udeps
 *.gz *.Z *.tar *.tgz
 =*
-TODO COPYING* AUTHORS copyr-* copying.*
+TODO AUTHORS copyr-* copying.*
 glibc-*
 distinfo
 specs
diff --git a/libio/.gitignore b/libio/.gitignore
index 602b74c1aef..97cc86e8911 100644
--- a/libio/.gitignore
+++ b/libio/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 *.d *.o *.so *.po *.go stamp.* *.stamp *.ustamp *.udeps
 *.gz *.Z *.tar *.tgz
 =*
-TODO COPYING* AUTHORS copyr-* copying.*
+TODO AUTHORS copyr-* copying.*
 glibc-*
 
 mpn-copy.mk
diff --git a/stdio-common/.gitignore b/stdio-common/.gitignore
index 602b74c1aef..97cc86e8911 100644
--- a/stdio-common/.gitignore
+++ b/stdio-common/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 *.d *.o *.so *.po *.go stamp.* *.stamp *.ustamp *.udeps
 *.gz *.Z *.tar *.tgz
 =*
-TODO COPYING* AUTHORS copyr-* copying.*
+TODO AUTHORS copyr-* copying.*
 glibc-*
 
 mpn-copy.mk
diff --git a/stdlib/.gitignore b/stdlib/.gitignore
index 602b74c1aef..97cc86e8911 100644
--- a/stdlib/.gitignore
+++ b/stdlib/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 *.d *.o *.so *.po *.go stamp.* *.stamp *.ustamp *.udeps
 *.gz *.Z *.tar *.tgz
 =*
-TODO COPYING* AUTHORS copyr-* copying.*
+TODO AUTHORS copyr-* copying.*
 glibc-*
 
 mpn-copy.mk
diff --git a/sunrpc/.gitignore b/sunrpc/.gitignore
index b2e79b502b0..0da51c47933 100644
--- a/sunrpc/.gitignore
+++ b/sunrpc/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 *.d *.o *.so *.po *.go stamp.* *.stamp *.ustamp *.udeps
 *.gz *.Z *.tar *.tgz
 =*
-TODO COPYING* AUTHORS copyr-* copying.*
+TODO AUTHORS copyr-* copying.*
 glibc-*
 
 rpcsrc-4.0
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/.gitignore b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/.gitignore
index 1f69fd919a5..164bcc84a85 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/.gitignore
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 *.gz *.Z *.tar *.tgz
 =*
-TODO COPYING* AUTHORS copyr-* copying.*
+TODO AUTHORS copyr-* copying.*
 glibc-*
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/common/.gitignore b/sysdeps/unix/common/.gitignore
index 1f69fd919a5..164bcc84a85 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/common/.gitignore
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/common/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 *.gz *.Z *.tar *.tgz
 =*
-TODO COPYING* AUTHORS copyr-* copying.*
+TODO AUTHORS copyr-* copying.*
 glibc-*