diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cec603d..00000000
--- a/.classpath
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
-</classpath>
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 23ca8873..bf81465f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 .DS_Store
 Thumbs.db
 
+# Eclipse files
+.classpath
+.project
+.settings
+
 # /
 /private
 /build.properties
diff --git a/.project b/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index 9dcb5a2a..00000000
--- a/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>ukf-meta</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 609e9051..00000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-DELEGATES_PREFERENCE=delegateValidatorList
-USER_BUILD_PREFERENCE=enabledBuildValidatorList
-USER_MANUAL_PREFERENCE=enabledManualValidatorList
-USER_PREFERENCE=overrideGlobalPreferencestruedisableAllValidationfalseversion1.2.500.v201303130500
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-override=true
-suspend=false
-vals/org.eclipse.wst.xml.core.xml/groups=0107include05111contentType128org.eclipse.core.runtime.xmlT111contentType134org.eclipse.wst.xml.core.xmlsourceT111contentType134org.eclipse.wst.xml.core.xslsourceT111contentType134org.eclipse.jst.jsp.core.tldsourceT07fileext03xmlF0107exclude06113projectNature134org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.ejb.EJBNature113projectNature130org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.EARNature04file08.projectT0104file110.classpathT0104file110.settings/T0204file09build.xmlT01
-vf.version=3