diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c304b58..0b9a995 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -69,3 +69,4 @@
 /src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/SerializationSandbox.java
 /lib/
 /bin/
+/.settings/
diff --git a/.settings/.gitignore b/.settings/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 371a92d..0000000
--- a/.settings/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
-/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
-/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs