diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5fec67ea842f..05c1009eb5e8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -289,9 +289,8 @@ toolchains.json
 lextab.py
 
 # Ignore Visual Studio/Visual Studio Code workspace files.
-# (but the root .vscode directory)
 .vs/
-*/.vscode/
+.vscode/
 *.user
 
 # Thunderbird source tree
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 5bdfb43a1c51..893202a6b224 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -289,9 +289,8 @@ tps_result\.json$
 ^lextab\.py$
 
 # Ignore Visual Studio/Visual Studio Code workspace files.
-# (but the root .vscode directory)
 \.vs/
-.+/\.vscode/
+\.vscode/
 \.user$
 
 # Thunderbird source tree