diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 21a13a6c6e189..915d1ed51d121 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-## This page intentionally left blank. ##
-#
-# Workaround for VS2013 automatically creating .gitattributes files with
-# default settings that we don't want.
-# See also:
-# http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/804948/inappropriately-creates-gitattributes-file
-# http://crbug.com/342064
+# Dart sources have to be normalized so that source offsets in kernel files
+# with source embedded in them match across all platforms.
+*.dart text eol=lf
\ No newline at end of file