diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index c5f87c8a10..26b401002e 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 *                           text=auto
 *.sh                        eol=lf
 /test/run_and_catch_crashes eol=lf
-/test                       export-ignore
 .bzrignore                  export-ignore
 .gitattributes              export-ignore
 .gitignore                  export-ignore
diff --git a/tools/.gitattributes b/tools/.gitattributes
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b04d258c3..0000000000
--- a/tools/.gitattributes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-dftestfiles export-ignore
-dftestlib   export-ignore
\ No newline at end of file