diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 0de8645d30..d179a42867 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -3,23 +3,3 @@
 
 builds/* -text
 index.html -text
-
-# Custom for Visual Studio
-*.cs     diff=csharp
-*.sln    merge=union
-*.csproj merge=union
-*.vbproj merge=union
-*.fsproj merge=union
-*.dbproj merge=union
-
-# Standard to msysgit
-*.doc	 diff=astextplain
-*.DOC	 diff=astextplain
-*.docx  diff=astextplain
-*.DOCX  diff=astextplain
-*.dot   diff=astextplain
-*.DOT   diff=astextplain
-*.pdf   diff=astextplain
-*.PDF	 diff=astextplain
-*.rtf	 diff=astextplain
-*.RTF	 diff=astextplain