diff --git a/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.boot.ls.feature/.project b/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.boot.ls.feature/.project
index 923512c1f..580d22af2 100644
--- a/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.boot.ls.feature/.project
+++ b/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.boot.ls.feature/.project
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
 	<projects>
 	</projects>
 	<buildSpec>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
 	</buildSpec>
 	<natures>
 		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
diff --git a/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.cloudfoundry.manifest.ls/.settings/org.springframework.ide.eclipse.prefs b/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.cloudfoundry.manifest.ls/.settings/org.springframework.ide.eclipse.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a12794d68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.cloudfoundry.manifest.ls/.settings/org.springframework.ide.eclipse.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+boot.validation.initialized=true
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
diff --git a/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.ls.eclipse.commons.test/.project b/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.ls.eclipse.commons.test/.project
index 212ab34eb..39083d913 100644
--- a/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.ls.eclipse.commons.test/.project
+++ b/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.ls.eclipse.commons.test/.project
@@ -20,14 +20,8 @@
 			<arguments>
 			</arguments>
 		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
 	</buildSpec>
 	<natures>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
 		<nature>org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature</nature>
 		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
 	</natures>