diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5240662741bb..f378adb24bc8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -95,3 +95,7 @@ contributors.js
 content-contributors.css
 docs/_spec/_site/
 docs/_spec/.jekyll-metadata
+
+# scaladoc related
+scaladoc/output/
+
diff --git a/scaladoc/.gitignore b/scaladoc/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 893c4fbd144f..000000000000
--- a/scaladoc/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# root where we generate documentation
-output
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scaladoc/.scalafmt.conf b/scaladoc/.scalafmt.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 9df0d88b69ce..000000000000
--- a/scaladoc/.scalafmt.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-version = "2.6.3"
diff --git a/scaladoc/noResultStructure.html b/scaladoc/noResultStructure.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 93ef4bbf1396..000000000000
--- a/scaladoc/noResultStructure.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<div id='no-results-container'>
-    <img src="./images/no-results.svg" alt="Sick face" >
-    <h2 class='h200 no-result-header'>No results match your filter criteria</h2>
-    <p class=''>Try adjusting or clearing your filters<br>to display better result</p>
-    <button class='clearButton label-only-button'>Clear all filters</button>
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scaladoc/scripts/mk-index.sh b/scaladoc/scripts/mk-index.sh
index e2df5a2e551c..d4d72aec0d84 100755
--- a/scaladoc/scripts/mk-index.sh
+++ b/scaladoc/scripts/mk-index.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+# NOTE that this file is used in CI
+
 MYDIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"