diff --git a/.project b/.project
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-    <name>webtools.maps R1_5_5_patches</name>
-    <comment>
-        A simple project for all map sub-projects. Please note, normally,
-        each sub-project should be checked out as it's own top level
-        Eclipse project in the Eclipse development environment.
-    </comment>
-    <projects></projects>
-    <buildSpec></buildSpec>
-    <natures></natures>
-</projectDescription>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#Mon Dec 17 18:14:20 EST 2007
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-encoding/<project>=ISO-8859-1