diff --git a/core-java-8/.externalToolBuilders/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.javascriptValidator.launch b/core-java-8/.externalToolBuilders/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.javascriptValidator.launch
deleted file mode 100644
index 627021fb96..0000000000
--- a/core-java-8/.externalToolBuilders/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.javascriptValidator.launch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<launchConfiguration type="org.eclipse.ant.AntBuilderLaunchConfigurationType">
-<booleanAttribute key="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ATTR_BUILDER_ENABLED" value="false"/>
-<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ATTR_DISABLED_BUILDER" value="org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.javascriptValidator"/>
-<mapAttribute key="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ATTR_TOOL_ARGUMENTS"/>
-<booleanAttribute key="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ATTR_TRIGGERS_CONFIGURED" value="true"/>
-</launchConfiguration>
diff --git a/core-java-8/.project b/core-java-8/.project
index 9aac6b80bd..235c555abb 100644
--- a/core-java-8/.project
+++ b/core-java-8/.project
@@ -10,16 +10,6 @@
 			<arguments>
 			</arguments>
 		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.builder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.wst.validation.validationbuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
 		<buildCommand>
 			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
 			<arguments>
@@ -28,9 +18,7 @@
 	</buildSpec>
 	<natures>
 		<nature>org.eclipse.jem.workbench.JavaEMFNature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore.ModuleCoreNature</nature>
 		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
 		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.nature</nature>
 	</natures>
 </projectDescription>
diff --git a/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.wtp.prefs b/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.wtp.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index ef86089622..0000000000
--- a/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.wtp.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.m2e.wtp.enabledProjectSpecificPrefs=false
diff --git a/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
deleted file mode 100644
index e98377cb0f..0000000000
--- a/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project-modules id="moduleCoreId" project-version="1.5.0">
-    <wb-module deploy-name="spring-rest">
-        <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
-        <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/resources"/>
-        <property name="context-root" value="spring-rest"/>
-        <property name="java-output-path" value="/spring-rest/target/classes"/>
-    </wb-module>
-</project-modules>
diff --git a/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index bc0009a455..0000000000
--- a/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<faceted-project>
-  <installed facet="java" version="1.7"/>
-</faceted-project>
diff --git a/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.container b/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.container
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bd5d0a480..0000000000
--- a/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.container
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.baseBrowserLibrary
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.name b/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.name
deleted file mode 100644
index 05bd71b6ec..0000000000
--- a/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.name
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Window
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs b/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index cacf5451ae..0000000000
--- a/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-DELEGATES_PREFERENCE=delegateValidatorList
-USER_BUILD_PREFERENCE=enabledBuildValidatorListorg.eclipse.jst.j2ee.internal.classpathdep.ClasspathDependencyValidator;
-USER_MANUAL_PREFERENCE=enabledManualValidatorListorg.eclipse.jst.j2ee.internal.classpathdep.ClasspathDependencyValidator;
-USER_PREFERENCE=overrideGlobalPreferencestruedisableAllValidationfalseversion1.2.303.v201202090300
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-override=true
-suspend=false
-vals/org.eclipse.jst.jsf.ui.JSFAppConfigValidator/global=FF01
-vals/org.eclipse.jst.jsp.core.JSPBatchValidator/global=FF01
-vals/org.eclipse.jst.jsp.core.JSPContentValidator/global=FF01
-vals/org.eclipse.jst.jsp.core.TLDValidator/global=FF01
-vals/org.eclipse.wst.dtd.core.dtdDTDValidator/global=FF01
-vals/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.web.core.JsBatchValidator/global=TF02
-vf.version=3
diff --git a/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.ws.service.policy.prefs b/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.ws.service.policy.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cfcabe16f..0000000000
--- a/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.ws.service.policy.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.wst.ws.service.policy.projectEnabled=false