diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa14279d85c..5c790122373 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ target
 .classpath
 .idea
 .project
-.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
-.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs
-client/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
-common/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
-server/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+.settings/
 examples/rand/RealtimeNode.out
 examples/twitter/RealtimeNode.out