diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6c17b634..b961a961 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@
 .settings
 .metadata
 /bin/
+.project
+/RemoteSystemsTempFiles
diff --git a/.project b/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index ed1fe4a2..00000000
--- a/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>data_manager_backend</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.javascriptValidator</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.builder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.wst.validation.validationbuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core.DeploymentBuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.jem.workbench.JavaEMFNature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore.ModuleCoreNature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.nature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.jsNature</nature>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>
diff --git a/RemoteSystemsTempFiles/.project b/RemoteSystemsTempFiles/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index 5447a64f..00000000
--- a/RemoteSystemsTempFiles/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>RemoteSystemsTempFiles</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.rse.ui.remoteSystemsTempNature</nature>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>