diff --git a/services/web/modules/.gitignore b/services/web/modules/.gitignore
index 1d30263cb3..a310279ca9 100644
--- a/services/web/modules/.gitignore
+++ b/services/web/modules/.gitignore
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-*/app/js
-*/test/unit/js
-*/index.js
-ldap
-admin-panel
-groovehq
-launchpad
-learn-wiki
-references-search
-sharelatex-saml
-templates
-tpr-webmodule
+# Ignore all modules except for a whitelist
+*
+!dropbox
+!github-sync
+!public-registration
+!.gitignore