diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.core.contenttype/.settings/.api_filters b/bundles/org.eclipse.core.contenttype/.settings/.api_filters
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e5d3b1..0000000
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.core.contenttype/.settings/.api_filters
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<component id="org.eclipse.core.contenttype" version="2">
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/core/runtime/content/XMLRootElementContentDescriber.java" type="org.eclipse.core.runtime.content.XMLRootElementContentDescriber">
-        <filter id="336744520">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.core.runtime.content.XMLRootElementContentDescriber"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/core/runtime/content/XMLRootElementContentDescriber2.java" type="org.eclipse.core.runtime.content.XMLRootElementContentDescriber2">
-        <filter id="336744520">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.core.runtime.content.XMLRootElementContentDescriber2"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-</component>