diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0186c4e3c..324c01836 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 /.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
 /.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
 target
+.settings
diff --git a/.settings/.gitignore b/.settings/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b012ade25..000000000
--- a/.settings/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs