diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
deleted file mode 100644
index 52bceae..0000000
--- a/.classpath
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src/main/java"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src/test/java"/>
-	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="src/main/resources" path="src/main/resources"/>
-	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="src/test/resources" path="src/test/resources"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.maven.ide.eclipse.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
-</classpath>
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eb5a316..a3d06f6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-target
+target/
+.classpath
+.project
+.idea/
+*.iml
diff --git a/.project b/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index d2a35f5..0000000
--- a/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>log4j-chainsaw-maven</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.maven.ide.eclipse.maven2Builder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
-		<nature>org.maven.ide.eclipse.maven2Nature</nature>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>