diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 51617f5f..e0d31f91 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -12,29 +12,6 @@
 ###############################################################################
 *.cs     diff=csharp
 
-###############################################################################
-# Set the merge driver for project and solution files
-#
-# Merging from the command prompt will add diff markers to the files if there
-# are conflicts (Merging from VS is not affected by the settings below, in VS
-# the diff markers are never inserted). Diff markers may cause the following 
-# file extensions to fail to load in VS. An alternative would be to treat
-# these files as binary and thus will always conflict and require user
-# intervention with every merge. To do so, just uncomment the entries below
-###############################################################################
-*.sln       merge=binary
-*.csproj    merge=binary
-*.vbproj    merge=binary
-*.vcxproj   merge=binary
-*.vcproj    merge=binary
-*.dbproj    merge=binary
-*.fsproj    merge=binary
-*.lsproj    merge=binary
-*.wixproj   merge=binary
-*.modelproj merge=binary
-*.sqlproj   merge=binary
-*.wwaproj   merge=binary
-
 ###############################################################################
 # behavior for image files
 #