diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 228bdbcc332af4194e4b94f23cf49a7174393387..5fb8575dbeeca9a50f960756e0bd2954147cc0f1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 *~
 *.bin
-*.cproject
 *.d
 *.dll
 *.exe
 *.lst
 *.o
 *.obj
-*.project
 *.px4
 *.pyc
 *.tlog
diff --git a/.project b/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index e6215fa3bb15dfbd145dd5f712f9813602dfe61e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>ArduPilotMega-Source@ardupilotone</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>