diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index ef7233d0e..fec865aa3 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # following files are skipped when exporting using git archive
 /release export-ignore
-/images export-ignore
 /admin export-ignore
 test export-ignore
 .gitattributes export-ignore