diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 6b17c8e8..3922803e 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@ Makefile text eol=lf
 
 *.h linguist-language=C
 *.inc linguist-language=Assembly
-data/**/* linguist-language=data
-data/**/**/* linguist-language=data
-data/**/**/**/* linguist-language=data
+data/** linguist-language=data
+tools/** linguist-vendored