diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b1e00c1..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-.DS_Store
-/obitools.test/
-/OBITools3- 1.01.16/
-/OBITools3-0.00.0/
-/build/
-/testpip/
-/toto.obidms/
-/unittests/
-/setup.py.old
-/3_Hornung_testseq.fastq
-/sample/
-/save.temp/
-/obitmp/
-/MANIFEST
-/dist/
diff --git a/.project b/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index d1235be..0000000
--- a/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>obitools3</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.python.pydev.PyDevBuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-		<nature>org.python.pydev.pythonNature</nature>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>
diff --git a/.pydevproject b/.pydevproject
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b04565..0000000
--- a/.pydevproject
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<?eclipse-pydev version="1.0"?><pydev_project>
-    <pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_INTERPRETER">Default</pydev_property>
-    <pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_VERSION">python interpreter</pydev_property>
-</pydev_project>