diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index cd5c10a80a7..1e27c87b7f1 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 **/generated-archives/*.tar* filter=lfs-disabled diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 
 # assure line feeds don't interfere with our working copy hash
-*.sh text crlf=input eol=lf
-justfile text crlf=input eol=lf
+*.sh text eol=lf
+justfile text eol=lf
 
 # have GitHub include fixture-making scripts when it counts code
-**/tests/fixtures/**/*.sh linguist-vendored=false
+**/tests/fixtures/**/*.sh -linguist-vendored
 
 # have GitHub treat the gix-packetline-blocking src copy as auto-generated
-gix-packetline-blocking/src/ linguist-generated=true
+/gix-packetline-blocking/src/**/* linguist-generated
diff --git a/gix-config/tests/.gitattributes b/gix-config/tests/.gitattributes
index 272372614d0..87deb5b9860 100644
--- a/gix-config/tests/.gitattributes
+++ b/gix-config/tests/.gitattributes
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-# assure line feeds don't interfere with our working copy hash 
-/fixtures/**/* text eol=lf
 /fixtures/repo-config.crlf text eol=crlf
-
diff --git a/gix-config/tests/fixtures/fuzzed/.gitattributes b/gix-config/tests/fixtures/fuzzed/.gitattributes
index b375b71449f..4f0db19a454 100644
--- a/gix-config/tests/fixtures/fuzzed/.gitattributes
+++ b/gix-config/tests/fixtures/fuzzed/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-*.config -text -eof
+*.config -text
diff --git a/gix-object/tests/fixtures/.gitattributes b/gix-object/tests/fixtures/.gitattributes
index 053ee009e4d..f0cc492d0a9 100644
--- a/gix-object/tests/fixtures/.gitattributes
+++ b/gix-object/tests/fixtures/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # assure newlines aren't butchered as they matter for testing
-**/*.txt text crlf=input   eol=lf
+*.txt text eol=lf
diff --git a/gix-protocol/tests/fixtures/.gitattributes b/gix-protocol/tests/fixtures/.gitattributes
index b746772b6cd..fa1385d99a3 100644
--- a/gix-protocol/tests/fixtures/.gitattributes
+++ b/gix-protocol/tests/fixtures/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-** -text
+* -text