diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 7177823..ea2771c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ pk_generated_parent.pom                                          linguist-genera
 dependencies.md                                                  linguist-generated=true
 doc/changes/changelog.md                                         linguist-generated=true
 .github/workflows/broken_links_checker.yml                       linguist-generated=true
-.github/workflows/ci-build-next-java.yml			 linguist-generated=true
-.github/workflows/ci-build.yml					 linguist-generated=true
-.github/workflows/dependencies_check.yml			 linguist-generated=true
-.github/workflows/release_droid_prepare_original_checksum.yml	 linguist-generated=true
-.github/workflows/release_droid_print_quick_checksum.yml	 linguist-generated=true
+.github/workflows/ci-build-next-java.yml                         linguist-generated=true
+.github/workflows/ci-build.yml                                   linguist-generated=true
+.github/workflows/dependencies_check.yml                         linguist-generated=true
+.github/workflows/release_droid_prepare_original_checksum.yml    linguist-generated=true
+.github/workflows/release_droid_print_quick_checksum.yml         linguist-generated=true
 .github/workflows/release_droid_upload_github_release_assets.yml linguist-generated=true
+
+.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs linguist-generated=true
+.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs   linguist-generated=true
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 95a1acf..e04ee87 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ pom.xml.versionsBackup
 .classpath
 .project
 # .settings : we need Eclipse settings for code formatter and clean-up rules
+.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.apt.core.prefs
+.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
 target
 .cache
 dependency-reduced-pom.xml
@@ -33,4 +36,4 @@ venv/
 *.orig
 *.old
 *.md.html
-*.flattened-pom.xml
\ No newline at end of file
+*.flattened-pom.xml
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 29abf99..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-encoding//src/main/java=UTF-8
-encoding//src/main/resources=UTF-8
-encoding//src/test/java=UTF-8
-encoding//src/test/resources=UTF-8
-encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index f897a7f..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-activeProfiles=
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
-version=1