diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index b7a3a3981e1e6..022e4cde51e56 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ test/test_owners.csv merge=union
 **/generated.proto
 **/types_swagger_doc_generated.go linguist-generated=true
 api/openapi-spec/*.json linguist-generated=true
-staging/**/go.mod linguist-generated=true
 staging/**/go.sum linguist-generated=true