diff --git a/framework/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/framework/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index f77b31c2..00000000
--- a/framework/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.5
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.5
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.5