diff --git a/.bazelignore b/.bazelignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33a9488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bazelignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+example
diff --git a/REPO.bazel b/REPO.bazel
deleted file mode 100644
index 793fead..0000000
--- a/REPO.bazel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-ignore_directories([
-    "example/**",
-])
diff --git a/example/.bazelignore b/example/.bazelignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1384170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/.bazelignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+producer/stdlib_repo
+third_party
diff --git a/example/REPO.bazel b/example/REPO.bazel
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cc27d7..0000000
--- a/example/REPO.bazel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-ignore_directories([
-    "producer/stdlib_repo/**",
-    "third_party/**",
-])