diff --git a/.bazelignore b/.bazelignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 0099233a1..000000000
--- a/.bazelignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-node_modules
-dist
-
-bazel/integration/tests/angular-cli/.angular/
-bazel/integration/tests/angular-cli/node_modules/
-bazel/integration/tests/nested_bazel_workspaces/basic/node_modules
-bazel/integration/tests/package_mappings/node_modules/
-bazel/integration/tests/playwright_chromium/node_modules
-
-bazel/node_modules
-bazel/spec-bundling/test/node_modules
-.github/ng-renovate/node_modules
diff --git a/REPO.bazel b/REPO.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..926421e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/REPO.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ignore_directories([
+    "dist",
+    "**/node_modules/**",
+    "**/.angular",
+])