diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 55a3f49922b..82694d81f27 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-Misc/NEWS   merge=union
-
 *.pck binary
 Lib/test/cjkencodings/* binary
 Lib/test/decimaltestdata/*.decTest binary