diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dde654bc985..9606f0f49ea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ Programs/_freeze_importlib
 Programs/_freeze_importlib.exe
 Programs/_testembed
 Programs/_testembed.exe
-Programs/pgen.exe
 PC/python_nt*.h
 PC/pythonnt_rc*.h
 PC/*/*.exe
@@ -60,6 +59,7 @@ PCbuild/obj/
 PCBuild/win32/
 .purify
 Parser/pgen
+Parser/pgen.exe
 __pycache__
 autom4te.cache
 build/
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 6766bf93d4e..68c607f2e8d 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ Modules/Setup.config
 Modules/Setup.local
 Modules/config.c
 Modules/ld_so_aix$
-Parser/pgen$
 ^lcov-report/
 ^core
 ^python-gdb.py
@@ -88,9 +87,9 @@ Tools/unicode/build/
 Tools/unicode/MAPPINGS/
 BuildLog.htm
 __pycache__
+Parser/pgen{,.exe}
 Programs/_freeze_importlib{,.exe}
 Programs/_testembed{,.exe}
-Programs/pgen.exe
 .coverage
 coverage/
 externals/