diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index be1e4db5212..32ab2948822 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-* text=auto
-#convert to native on checkout and normalise on checkin
-*.dm text
-
 # dmm map merger hook
 # needs additional setup, see tools/mapmerge/install.txt
 *.dmm merge=merge-dmm binary