diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/.settings/.api_filters b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/.settings/.api_filters
deleted file mode 100644
index 298c8d761..000000000
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/.settings/.api_filters
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<component id="org.eclipse.jgit.archive" version="2">
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TarFormat.java" type="org.eclipse.jgit.archive.TarFormat">
-        <filter id="337768515">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.jgit.archive.TarFormat"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/Tbz2Format.java" type="org.eclipse.jgit.archive.Tbz2Format">
-        <filter comment="x" id="337768515">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.jgit.archive.Tbz2Format"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TgzFormat.java" type="org.eclipse.jgit.archive.TgzFormat">
-        <filter id="337768515">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.jgit.archive.TgzFormat"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TxzFormat.java" type="org.eclipse.jgit.archive.TxzFormat">
-        <filter id="337768515">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.jgit.archive.TxzFormat"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/ZipFormat.java" type="org.eclipse.jgit.archive.ZipFormat">
-        <filter id="337768515">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.jgit.archive.ZipFormat"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-</component>