diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d224a55e1..5e21466b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 /.classpath
 /.project
-/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
-/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
-/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
-/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
-/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
 target
-.settings
\ No newline at end of file
+settings
\ No newline at end of file