diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cbe6fb..0000000
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.secrets.yaml diff=sopsdiffer
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 62bf3fa..a756522 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -233,8 +233,6 @@ If the accessing process is not root it must be member of the group `config.user
 for systemd services this can be archived by setting `serviceConfig.SupplementaryGroups = [ config.users.groups.keys.name ];`
 it the service configuration.
 
-For cleartext diffs configure your local clone with `git config diff.sopsdiffer.textconv "sops decrypt"` (see [Github](https://github.com/getsops/sops?tab=readme-ov-file#showing-diffs-in-cleartext-in-git)).
-
 ## impermanence
 
 These machines are setup with `"/"` as a tmpfs. This is there to keep the machines clean. So no clutter in home