diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 29abf99..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-encoding//src/main/java=UTF-8
-encoding//src/main/resources=UTF-8
-encoding//src/test/java=UTF-8
-encoding//src/test/resources=UTF-8
-encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
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index 6e80039..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
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index f897a7f..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-activeProfiles=
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
-version=1
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
deleted file mode 100644
index 99215a1..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project-modules id="moduleCoreId" project-version="1.5.0">
-    <wb-module deploy-name="accounting-analytics-persistence-couchbase">
-        <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
-        <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/resources"/>
-    </wb-module>
-</project-modules>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index fb95c45..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<faceted-project>
-  <installed facet="java" version="1.8"/>
-  <installed facet="jst.utility" version="1.0"/>
-</faceted-project>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
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index 04cad8c..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-disabled=06target
-eclipse.preferences.version=1