diff --git a/.bazelignore b/.bazelignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb96313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bazelignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Examples are separate workspaces
+examples
+# Bazel convenience symlinks
+bazel-bin
+bazel-out
+bazel-rules_formatjs
+bazel-testlogs
diff --git a/REPO.bazel b/REPO.bazel
index e5df2d3..bbbb673 100644
--- a/REPO.bazel
+++ b/REPO.bazel
@@ -5,13 +5,3 @@ repo(
         "//:package_metadata",
     ],
 )
-
-ignore_directories([
-    # Examples are separate workspaces
-    "examples",
-    # Bazel convenience symlinks
-    "bazel-bin",
-    "bazel-out",
-    "bazel-rules_formatjs",
-    "bazel-testlogs",
-])