diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index e63d80307..ab0f742af 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-# Declare SVG files to have LF endings on checkout
-# On Windows, the default git setting for `core.autocrlf`
-# means that when checking out code, LF endings get converted
-# to CRLF.
-# *.svg text eol=lf
+# Set the default behavior, in case people don't have core.autocrlf set.
+* text=auto
+
 *.rb   diff=ruby
 *.rake diff=ruby
 *.css  diff=css