diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1f8bb4fac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+.idea/
+.gradle/
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+*.iws
+work/
+/data/
+logs/
+.DS_Store
+build/
+build-idea/
+build-eclipse/
+generated-resources/
+target/
+*-execution-hints.log
+docs/html/
+docs/build.log
+npm-debug.log
+/tmp/
+backwards/
+html_docs
+.vagrant/
+vendor/
+.bundle
+Gemfile.lock
+
+## eclipse ignores (use 'mvn eclipse:eclipse' to build eclipse projects)
+## All files (.project, .classpath, .settings/*) should be generated through Maven which
+## will correctly set the classpath based on the declared dependencies and write settings
+## files to ensure common coding style across Eclipse and IDEA.
+.project
+.classpath
+eclipse-build
+*/.project
+*/.classpath
+*/eclipse-build
+.settings
+!/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+!/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+!/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+
+## netbeans ignores
+nb-configuration.xml
+nbactions.xml
+
+dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+github.token
+
+## ignore attachment files
+.local-*
+*/.local-*
diff --git a/dev-tools/ci b/dev-tools/ci
index e94555388eb..df2f11e9a7f 100755
--- a/dev-tools/ci
+++ b/dev-tools/ci
@@ -109,26 +109,7 @@ fi
 # back to base directory
 cd "$BASE_DIR"
 
-if ! grep -q -e '^xpack\.kibana\.build=false$' ~/.gradle/gradle.properties
-then
-  # install the correct node.js version
-  if [ -z ${NVM_DIR:+x} ]; then
-    export NVM_DIR="/var/lib/jenkins/.nvm";
-  fi
-
-  NVM_SCRIPT="$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
-  if [ -s "$NVM_SCRIPT" ]; then
-    . "$NVM_SCRIPT"  # load nvm
-  else
-    echo "Unable to find the nvm script at \"$NVM_SCRIPT\""
-    exit 1
-  fi
-
-  echo "Installing node.js version $(cat ./kibana/.node-version)..."
-  nvm install "$(cat ./kibana/.node-version)"
-fi
-
-echo "Running X-Plugins tests..."
+echo "Running x-pack-elasticsearch tests..."
 echo "Running in $PWD"
 
 # output the commands