diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b75dcce4..0cf11d23 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,12 +38,3 @@ package-lock.json
 
 # Local build version counter
 version.properties
-
-# Scratch/working notes (plans, checklists, tender/audit drafts, etc.) - these belong in the AI assistant's
-# own scratchpad, never in the repo itself (docs/PACKAGE_STRUCTURE_REBRAND.md was exactly this: a never-executed
-# 2026-01 planning draft that sat here for months as dead weight). Real, maintained docs (BRAND.md, README.md,
-# ARCHITECTURE.md, docs/*) are unaffected - this only catches the *_NOTES/*_SCRATCH/*_DRAFT naming pattern.
-*_NOTES.md
-*_SCRATCH.md
-*_DRAFT.md
-*_WORKING.md