diff --git a/web/.gitignore b/web/.gitignore
index 94c3e01ed..b8ebe928d 100644
--- a/web/.gitignore
+++ b/web/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 # IDEs and editors
 /.idea
+*.iml
 .project
 .classpath
 .c9/
diff --git a/web/taskana-web.iml b/web/taskana-web.iml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fd5057cb..000000000
--- a/web/taskana-web.iml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsManager.isMavenModule="true" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_5">
-    <output url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/classes" />
-    <output-test url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/test-classes" />
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target" />
-    </content>
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-  </component>
-</module>
\ No newline at end of file