diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 796afdbde90..90cf33053c7 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-[attr]rust text eol=lf whitespace=tab-in-indent,trailing-space,tabwidth=4
-
 * text=auto eol=lf
-*.rs rust
+*.rs text eol=lf whitespace=tab-in-indent,trailing-space,tabwidth=4
 *.fixed linguist-language=Rust