diff --git a/.settings/.gitignore b/.settings/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cb3d6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
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
deleted file mode 100644
index 714351a..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8