diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 927255112..fb9eb761f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 # netbeans
 /nbproject
-/nbactions.xml
-/nb-configuration.xml
+nbactions.xml
+nb-configuration.xml
 
 # we use maven!
 /build.xml
diff --git a/proxy/nb-configuration.xml b/proxy/nb-configuration.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c2decf16f..000000000
--- a/proxy/nb-configuration.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project-shared-configuration>
-    <!--
-This file contains additional configuration written by modules in the NetBeans IDE.
-The configuration is intended to be shared among all the users of project and
-therefore it is assumed to be part of version control checkout.
-Without this configuration present, some functionality in the IDE may be limited or fail altogether.
--->
-    <properties xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/maven-properties-data/1">
-        <!--
-Properties that influence various parts of the IDE, especially code formatting and the like. 
-You can copy and paste the single properties, into the pom.xml file and the IDE will pick them up.
-That way multiple projects can share the same settings (useful for formatting rules for example).
-Any value defined here will override the pom.xml file value but is only applicable to the current project.
--->
-        <netbeans.hint.jdkPlatform>JDK_1.7</netbeans.hint.jdkPlatform>
-    </properties>
-</project-shared-configuration>