diff --git a/.watchmanconfig b/.watchmanconfig
index c33d7f6fb5..0a1f14f56f 100644
--- a/.watchmanconfig
+++ b/.watchmanconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {
   "ignore_dirs": [
+    "packages/frontend/dist",
+    "packages/test-app/dist",
     "packages/lti-course-manager/dist",
     "packages/lti-dashboard/dist"
   ]
diff --git a/packages/frontend/.watchmanconfig b/packages/frontend/.watchmanconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index f9c3d8f84f..0000000000
--- a/packages/frontend/.watchmanconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "ignore_dirs": ["dist"]
-}