diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9c3d08d3c0..379d4a33ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ target
 
 
 *.class
+*.swp
 
 # Mobile Tools for Java (J2ME)
 .mtj.tmp/
diff --git a/.pom.xml.swp b/.pom.xml.swp
deleted file mode 100644
index f89e01a40f..0000000000
Binary files a/.pom.xml.swp and /dev/null differ