Git: untrack a file in local repo only and keep it in the remote repo

I have a NetBeans file "nbproject/project.properties" that always shows up in the "Changes not staged for commit" section (when I do git status). How could I move this to the Untracked files section (without adding it to .gitignore) ? I tried this command git rm --cached but what happened is the file shows as untracked in my local repo and got removed in the remote one but what I want is to keep it in remote and untrack only in local repo.