diff --git a/apps/addressbook/.classpath b/apps/addressbook/.classpath
deleted file mode 100644
index 494747ee5..000000000
--- a/apps/addressbook/.classpath
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" path=""/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="../jetty/jettylib/javax.servlet.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path=""/>
-</classpath>
diff --git a/apps/addressbook/.project b/apps/addressbook/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index 4132fe9ac..000000000
--- a/apps/addressbook/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>addressbook</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>