diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bf6e6444d293da3e2d5900cd8202fe62c597ee8e..e12007df5f9934e75f20a9ee3a40933eb26627eb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,13 +38,9 @@ doc/[Dd]oxygen/latex
 doc/[Dd]oxygen/man
 
 # source packages - anywhere
+*.tar.bz2
 *.tar.gz
 *.tgz
 
-# specific locations
-applications/utilities/preProcessing/FoamX/Java/Make/classes
-
-# other 3rd party sources
-src/other
 
 # end-of-file
diff --git a/bin/foamDiffSourceList b/bin/foamDiffSourceList
index a517fdc033caed7646ec9b7d474e1da8ae3bbe88..d4f340894d2bedea20176c85ed92972cc6a7d798 100755
--- a/bin/foamDiffSourceList
+++ b/bin/foamDiffSourceList
@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ find -H $newDir                \
 | sed                          \
  -e "\@$newDir/.git/@d"        \
  -e "\@$newDir/lib/@d"         \
- -e "\@$newDir/src/other/mpich-*/platforms@d" \
- -e "\@$newDir/src/other/mpich-*/lib@d"       \
- -e "\@$newDir/src/other/lam-*/platforms@d"   \
- -e "\@$newDir/src/other/openmpi-*/platforms@d"   \
  -e '\@applications/bin/@d'      \
  -e '\@/t/@d'                    \
  -e '\@Make[.A-Za-z]*/[^/]*/@d'  \
diff --git a/bin/foamPack b/bin/foamPack
index ee2dfaf6308babee6f1890d69131cd1dba70dd9d..40b7821ab24075eff437a7651362fad179f46f6b 100755
--- a/bin/foamPack
+++ b/bin/foamPack
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ find -H $packDir               \
 | sed                          \
  -e "\@$packDir/.git/@d"       \
  -e "\@$packDir/lib/@d"        \
- -e "\@$packDir/src/other/mpich-*/platforms@d" \
- -e "\@$packDir/src/other/mpich-*/lib@d"       \
- -e "\@$packDir/src/other/lam-*/platforms@d"   \
- -e "\@$packDir/src/other/openmpi-*/platforms@d"   \
  -e '\@applications/bin/@d'       \
  -e '\@/t/@d'                     \
  -e '\@Make[.A-Za-z]*/[^/]*/@d'   \
diff --git a/bin/foamPackBin b/bin/foamPackBin
index f597a30dcdd8118e0f14392fa7ecba96b489c2b0..68258adab297c49a623f8360558fd680de8bba33 100755
--- a/bin/foamPackBin
+++ b/bin/foamPackBin
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ dirList=$(
       $packDir/lib/$arch \
       $packDir/applications/bin/$arch \
       $packDir/wmake/rules \
-      $packDir/src/other/{mpich,lam,openmpi}-*/platforms/$arch \
       ;
    do
       [ -d $dir ] && echo $dir
diff --git a/bin/foamPackChanged b/bin/foamPackChanged
index 0fa188d34ab3c3b50014a857a65817f3fb081f35..3a96ec563fb003d8d25b431aab29c31cfad59745 100755
--- a/bin/foamPackChanged
+++ b/bin/foamPackChanged
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ find -H $packDir               \
     -name "*.orig"             \
 | sed                          \
  -e "\@$packDir/lib/@d"        \
- -e "\@$packDir/src/other/mpich-*/platforms@d" \
- -e "\@$packDir/src/other/mpich-*/lib@d"       \
- -e "\@$packDir/src/other/lam-*/platforms@d"   \
- -e "\@$packDir/src/other/openmpi-*/platforms@d"   \
  -e '\@applications/bin/@d'      \
  -e '\@/t/@d'                    \
  -e '\@Make[.A-Za-z]*/[^/]*/@d'  \
diff --git a/bin/foamPackSource b/bin/foamPackSource
index 46c2fee474a258a8f40518be604fda41560a717f..2033e400c4f2a969ef889708bd8c8ea2b278b7bd 100755
--- a/bin/foamPackSource
+++ b/bin/foamPackSource
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@ find -H $packDir               \
 | sed                          \
  -e "\@$packDir/.git/@d"       \
  -e "\@$packDir/lib/@d"        \
- -e "\@$packDir/src/other/mpich-*/platforms@d" \
- -e "\@$packDir/src/other/mpich-*/lib@d"       \
- -e "\@$packDir/src/other/lam-*/platforms@d"   \
- -e "\@$packDir/src/other/openmpi-*/platforms@d"   \
  -e '\@applications/bin/@d'       \
  -e '\@/t/@d'                     \
  -e '\@Make[.A-Za-z]*/[^/]*/@d'   \