diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index c35f57e2..d37f0228 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-# All JSON files will always have LF line endings on checkout.
-# This prevents git replacing line endings with CRLF on Windows.
-*.json text eol=lf
+# Test data should not be modified on checkout, regardless of host settings
+*.json binary