diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c2852f186..a9136e7ebc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ argfile*
 pom.xml
 activemq-data/
 
+classes/
 /build
 buildSrc/build
 /spring-*/build
diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/.gitignore b/spring-web-reactive/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b81cf52be..0000000000
--- a/spring-web-reactive/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-target
-.project
-.classpath
-.settings
-*.iml
-/.idea/
-bin
-.gradle
-/tomcat.*/
-build