diff --git a/myTracks/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/myTracks/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 505f9ab9f..4eea945a7 100644
--- a/myTracks/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/myTracks/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     <!-- For map view v2 -->
     <meta-data
       android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
-      android:value="AIzaSyCKg_WrcnfP0I105X1CGHoiJsxT7w45XEI" />
+      android:value="@string/maps_apikey" />
     <!-- Activities -->
     <activity
       android:label="@string/menu_aggregated_statistics"
diff --git a/myTracks/src/main/res/values/.gitignore b/myTracks/src/main/res/values/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9baaec9a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/myTracks/src/main/res/values/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/apikeys.xml