diff --git a/dev-tools/Elasticsearch.launch b/dev-tools/Elasticsearch.launch
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--- a/dev-tools/Elasticsearch.launch
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<launchConfiguration type="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.localJavaApplication">
-<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.core.MAPPED_RESOURCE_PATHS">
-<listEntry value="/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/Elasticsearch.java"/>
-</listAttribute>
-<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.core.MAPPED_RESOURCE_TYPES">
-<listEntry value="1"/>
-</listAttribute>
-<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.ui.favoriteGroups">
-<listEntry value="org.eclipse.debug.ui.launchGroup.debug"/>
-<listEntry value="org.eclipse.debug.ui.launchGroup.run"/>
-</listAttribute>
-<booleanAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.ATTR_USE_START_ON_FIRST_THREAD" value="true"/>
-<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.MAIN_TYPE" value="org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch"/>
-<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROGRAM_ARGUMENTS" value="start"/>
-<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROJECT_ATTR" value="elasticsearch"/>
-<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.VM_ARGUMENTS" value="-Xms256m -Xmx1g -Djava.awt.headless=true -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75 -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath=logs/heapdump.hprof -Delasticsearch -Des.foreground=yes -ea -Des.path.home=target/eclipse_run -Des.security.manager.enabled=false&#10;-Des.node.attr=test"/>
-</launchConfiguration>