diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 91ea7410d..f84a88914 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 build
 .gradle
+.metadata
diff --git a/briar-android/.project b/briar-android/.project
index c79f36930..2483e2c22 100644
--- a/briar-android/.project
+++ b/briar-android/.project
@@ -30,11 +30,4 @@
 		<nature>com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.AndroidNature</nature>
 		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
 	</natures>
-	<linkedResources>
-		<link>
-			<name>gen</name>
-			<type>2</type>
-			<location>${PROJECT_LOC}/build/generated/source</location>
-		</link>
-	</linkedResources>
 </projectDescription>