diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index c7c7e113a..397bc68eb 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -13,21 +13,7 @@
 # omit from git archive
 .gitattributes export-ignore
 .gitignore export-ignore
-.travis.yml export-ignore
-fish.spec.in export-ignore
-/build_tools/make_svn_completions.fish export-ignore
-/build_tools/make_hg_completions.fish export-ignore
-/build_tools/make_vcs_completions.fish export-ignore
-/build_tools/make_vcs_completions_generic.fish export-ignore
-/build_tools/osx_package_resources export-ignore
-/build_tools/osx_package_resources/* export-ignore
-/build_tools/make_csv_completions.fish export-ignore
-/build_tools/osx_distribution.xml export-ignore
 /build_tools/make_tarball.sh export-ignore
-/build_tools/osx_package_scripts export-ignore
-/build_tools/osx_package_scripts/* export-ignore
-/build_tools/make_pkg.sh export-ignore
-/build_tools/make_darcs_completions.fish export-ignore
 /debian export-ignore
 /debian/* export-ignore
 /.github export-ignore
@@ -39,4 +25,4 @@ fish.spec.in export-ignore
 angular.js linguist-vendored
 /doc_src/* linguist-documentation
 *.fish linguist-language=fish
-tests/*.in linguist-language=fish
\ No newline at end of file
+tests/*.in linguist-language=fish