diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index fd8d32b..a538fdd 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-# Mark files to be treated as plain text, ignoring language detection
-RTE/**           linguist-language=Plain Text
-**/*.uvoptx     linguist-language=Plain Text
-**/*.uvl        linguist-language=Plain Text
-
 # Optionally, mark external files as vendored if needed
-RTE/**           linguist-detectable
-**/*.uvoptx     linguist-detectable
-**/*.uvl        linguist-detectable
\ No newline at end of file
+RTE/**          -linguist-detectable
+**/*.uvoptx     -linguist-detectable
+**/*.uvl        -linguist-detectable
\ No newline at end of file