diff --git a/archetypes/src/.project b/archetypes/src/.project
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--- a/archetypes/src/.project
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>archetypes-src</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-	</natures>
-	<linkedResources>
-		<link>
-			<name>archetypes-pom.xml</name>
-			<type>1</type>
-			<locationURI>SPRING_BATCH/archetypes/pom.xml</locationURI>
-		</link>
-	</linkedResources>
-</projectDescription>
diff --git a/src/.project b/src/.project
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index 45febee59..000000000
--- a/src/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>src</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-	</natures>
-	<linkedResources>
-		<link>
-			<name>build-central-pom.xml</name>
-			<type>1</type>
-			<locationURI>SPRING_BATCH/build-central/pom.xml</locationURI>
-		</link>
-		<link>
-			<name>build.properties</name>
-			<type>1</type>
-			<locationURI>SPRING_BATCH/build.properties</locationURI>
-		</link>
-		<link>
-			<name>central-pom.xml</name>
-			<type>1</type>
-			<locationURI>SPRING_BATCH/central-pom.xml</locationURI>
-		</link>
-		<link>
-			<name>pom.xml</name>
-			<type>1</type>
-			<locationURI>SPRING_BATCH/pom.xml</locationURI>
-		</link>
-	</linkedResources>
-</projectDescription>
diff --git a/src/.settings/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui.prefs b/src/.settings/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui.prefs
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index 0b6c22e76..000000000
--- a/src/.settings/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui.prefs
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#Thu Aug 23 07:01:54 BST 2007
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-project.repository.kind=jira
-project.repository.url=http\://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/spring