diff --git a/modules/lang/cc/config.el b/modules/lang/cc/config.el
index 10dfe3463..1209069b3 100644
--- a/modules/lang/cc/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/cc/config.el
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ This is ignored by ccls.")
     (add-to-list 'project-vc-ignores "^\\.ccls-cache$"))
   ;; DEPRECATED: Remove when projectile is replaced with project.el
   (after! projectile
-    (add-to-list 'projectile-globally-ignored-directories "^.ccls-cache$")
+    (add-to-list 'projectile-globally-ignored-directories ".ccls-cache")
     (add-to-list 'projectile-project-root-files-bottom-up ".ccls-root")
     (add-to-list 'projectile-project-root-files-top-down-recurring "compile_commands.json"))
   :config
diff --git a/modules/lang/javascript/config.el b/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
index 3a5a204a6..2e9cbe5f7 100644
--- a/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 (after! projectile
   (pushnew! projectile-project-root-files "package.json")
-  (pushnew! projectile-globally-ignored-directories "^node_modules$" "^flow-typed$"))
+  (pushnew! projectile-globally-ignored-directories "node_modules" "flow-typed"))
 
 
 ;;