diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext/.settings/.api_filters b/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext/.settings/.api_filters
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d4fd19bf..000000000
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext/.settings/.api_filters
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<component id="org.eclipse.xtext" version="2">
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/xtext/resource/XtextResource.java" type="org.eclipse.xtext.resource.XtextResource">
-        <filter id="388100214">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.xtext.resource.XtextResource"/>
-                <message_argument value="OPTION_ENCODING"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-        <filter id="388100214">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.xtext.resource.XtextResource"/>
-                <message_argument value="OPTION_FORMAT"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-        <filter id="388100214">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.xtext.resource.XtextResource"/>
-                <message_argument value="OPTION_RESOLVE_ALL"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-        <filter id="388100214">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.xtext.resource.XtextResource"/>
-                <message_argument value="OPTION_SERIALIZATION_OPTIONS"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-</component>