diff --git a/.ci/build.sh b/.ci/build.sh
index 99b29f2ae..f3f8de39c 100644
--- a/.ci/build.sh
+++ b/.ci/build.sh
@@ -172,9 +172,6 @@ then
 	# Clean local tree of gitignored files.
 	git clean -dfX
 
-	# Recreate output directory if it was removed by git clean.
-	[ ! -d "$cwd" ] && mkdir -p "$cwd"
-
 	# Save current HEAD commit to VERSION.
 	git log --stat -1 > VERSION || rm -f VERSION
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3d1cf31fa..35f3dc8af 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ Makefile
 /archive_tmp
 /static2dll.*
 /VERSION
-/target
 *.zip
 *.tar
 *.tar.*