diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 606adbf6..f41b818e 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ local.properties
 *~
 .DS_Store
 /target
-/*/target
-/adapters/*/target
+/core/target
+/adapters/**/target
 /buildSrc/build
 /buildSrc/subprojects/*/build
diff --git a/adapters/cab-converter/target/maven-archiver/pom.properties b/adapters/cab-converter/target/maven-archiver/pom.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d57ed7f..00000000
--- a/adapters/cab-converter/target/maven-archiver/pom.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-artifactId=lst-bench-cab-converter
-groupId=com.microsoft.lst-bench
-version=0.1-SNAPSHOT