diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5de430319f942682329bd0b17389f8184dad0c0b..3a1ce93c1cf7d662a34c25dab21a2b5ed86b5f3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ A1.log
 .project
 .settings
 dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+
+.metadata
 target
diff --git a/ws/eclipse/.gitignore b/ws/eclipse/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e8d031134a56f76d433be4559dce5ad254bcb75e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/ws/eclipse/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/.metadata