diff --git a/jsoncdb/org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core/.settings/.api_filters b/jsoncdb/org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core/.settings/.api_filters
deleted file mode 100644
index 96215b79f80..00000000000
--- a/jsoncdb/org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core/.settings/.api_filters
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<component id="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core" version="2">
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/CompileCommandsJsonParser.java" type="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.CompileCommandsJsonParser">
-        <filter comment="&quot;A PDE bug incorrectly reports this as no longer API, yet it is still API. Appears to be because the last release was the first to make this package API" id="305365105">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.CompileCommandsJsonParser"/>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core_1.2.0"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/IParserPreferences.java" type="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.IParserPreferences">
-        <filter comment="&quot;A PDE bug incorrectly reports this as no longer API, yet it is still API. Appears to be because the last release was the first to make this package API" id="305365105">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.IParserPreferences"/>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core_1.2.0"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/IParserPreferencesAccess.java" type="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.IParserPreferencesAccess">
-        <filter comment="&quot;A PDE bug incorrectly reports this as no longer API, yet it is still API. Appears to be because the last release was the first to make this package API" id="305365105">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.IParserPreferencesAccess"/>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core_1.2.0"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/IParserPreferencesMetadata.java" type="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.IParserPreferencesMetadata">
-        <filter comment="&quot;A PDE bug incorrectly reports this as no longer API, yet it is still API. Appears to be because the last release was the first to make this package API" id="305365105">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.IParserPreferencesMetadata"/>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core_1.2.0"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/ISourceFileInfoConsumer.java" type="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.ISourceFileInfoConsumer">
-        <filter comment="&quot;A PDE bug incorrectly reports this as no longer API, yet it is still API. Appears to be because the last release was the first to make this package API" id="305365105">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.ISourceFileInfoConsumer"/>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core_1.2.0"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/ParseRequest.java" type="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.ParseRequest">
-        <filter comment="&quot;A PDE bug incorrectly reports this as no longer API, yet it is still API. Appears to be because the last release was the first to make this package API" id="305365105">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.ParseRequest"/>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core_1.2.0"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/cdt/jsoncdb/core/participant/Arglets.java" type="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.participant.Arglets">
-        <filter comment="Incorrectly named class that could not have been used is getting an API filter rather than old @deprecated API" id="338886760">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core.participant.Arglets.SystemIncludePath_armcc"/>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.jsoncdb.core_1.2.0"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-</component>
diff --git a/jtag/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.gdbjtag.core/.settings/.api_filters b/jtag/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.gdbjtag.core/.settings/.api_filters
deleted file mode 100644
index 746fa73a706..00000000000
--- a/jtag/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.gdbjtag.core/.settings/.api_filters
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<component id="org.eclipse.cdt.debug.gdbjtag.core" version="2">
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/gdbjtag/core/IGDBJtagConnection.java" type="org.eclipse.cdt.debug.gdbjtag.core.IGDBJtagConnection">
-        <filter id="404000815">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.debug.gdbjtag.core.IGDBJtagConnection"/>
-                <message_argument value="doTarget(String, String, Collection&lt;String&gt;)"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-        <filter id="404000815">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.debug.gdbjtag.core.IGDBJtagConnection"/>
-                <message_argument value="getDeviceProtocols()"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-        <filter id="404000815">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.debug.gdbjtag.core.IGDBJtagConnection"/>
-                <message_argument value="setDeviceProtocols(String[])"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-</component>