diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac6a1af..3e4648f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -59,5 +59,9 @@
 # voltha cli history
 python/cli/.voltha_cli_history
 
-#voltha-protos dependency
-vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos
+# ignore uneeded items in vendor folders
+vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/protos
+vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/python
+vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/test
+vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/setup.py
+vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/tox.ini