diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f5b1ce1cee..b6fd0097e0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ lib/jsr223/jython/cachedir
 lib/jsr223/scala/*.jar
 
 /.ant-targets-build.xml
+.ant_targets
 
 # Generated files from the documentation
 doc/source/configuration/cassandra_config_file.rst
diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index d64df0f954..f1f8a0e06d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Merged from 3.0:
  * Memtable memory allocations may deadlock (CASSANDRA-15367)
  * Run evictFromMembership in GossipStage (CASSANDRA-15592)
 Merged from 2.2:
+ * Remove generated files from source artifact (CASSANDRA-15849)
  * Remove duplicated tools binaries from tarballs (CASSANDRA-15768)
  * Duplicate results with DISTINCT queries in mixed mode (CASSANDRA-15501)
  * Disable JMX rebinding (CASSANDRA-15653)
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 3fd409bcb5..0724dbb29c 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1136,6 +1136,10 @@
           <exclude name="build/**" />
           <exclude name="src/gen-java/**" />
           <exclude name=".git/**" />
+          <exclude name="venv/**" />
+          <exclude name="src/resources/org/apache/cassandra/config/version.properties" />
+          <exclude name="conf/hotspot_compiler" />
+          <exclude name="doc/cql3/CQL.html" />
           <exclude name="bin/*" /> <!-- handled separately below -->
           <!-- exclude Eclipse files -->
           <exclude name=".project" />