diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index db6b33151f..47a6d90d27 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 * text=auto eol=lf
 *.bat eol=crlf
 
-*.v linguist-language=V text=auto eol=lf
-*.vv linguist-language=V text=auto eol=lf
-*.vsh linguist-language=V text=auto eol=lf
-**/v.mod linguist-language=V text=auto eol=lf
+*.v linguist-language=V
+*.vv linguist-language=V
+*.vsh linguist-language=V
+v.mod linguist-language=V
 .vdocignore linguist-language=ignore
 
 Dockerfile.* linguist-language=Dockerfile
diff --git a/cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate.v b/cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate.v
index ef0396d255..9bd8dadf21 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate.v
@@ -244,10 +244,10 @@ fn (c &Create) write_gitattributes() {
 	content := '* text=auto eol=lf
 *.bat eol=crlf
 
-**/*.v linguist-language=V
-**/*.vv linguist-language=V
-**/*.vsh linguist-language=V
-**/v.mod linguist-language=V
+*.v linguist-language=V
+*.vv linguist-language=V
+*.vsh linguist-language=V
+v.mod linguist-language=V
 .vdocignore linguist-language=ignore
 '
 	os.write_file(path, content) or { panic(err) }
diff --git a/cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate_init_test.v b/cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate_init_test.v
index be5dc8804f..5f2b71896f 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate_init_test.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate_init_test.v
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ fn init_and_check() ! {
 		'* text=auto eol=lf',
 		'*.bat eol=crlf',
 		'',
-		'**/*.v linguist-language=V',
-		'**/*.vv linguist-language=V',
-		'**/*.vsh linguist-language=V',
-		'**/v.mod linguist-language=V',
+		'*.v linguist-language=V',
+		'*.vv linguist-language=V',
+		'*.vsh linguist-language=V',
+		'v.mod linguist-language=V',
 		'.vdocignore linguist-language=ignore',
 		'',
 	].join_lines()