diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.datamining/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/java/com.sap.sailing.datamining/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 01429a580d5..00000000000
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.datamining/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-encoding//resources/stringmessages/Sailing_StringMessages_ja.properties=UTF-8
-encoding//resources/stringmessages/Sailing_StringMessages_ru.properties=UTF-8
-encoding//resources/stringmessages/Sailing_StringMessages_zh.properties=UTF-8
-encoding//resources/stringmessages/Sailing_StringMessages_zh_CN.properties=UTF-8