diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8dcdea830db2eb33babe6f461798a53478f1b1cc..b260bbb6097b01055a1517e48fd361ea0247ef3a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.pydevproject
+*.pyc
 .gradle
 build
 .classpath
diff --git a/.project b/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index 1678b89f59d984cec5fe2ecc28b03081417580c4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>rosjava_core</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>