diff --git a/src/Tools/plugins/.gitattributes b/src/Tools/plugins/.gitattributes
index 03a27f9090..54ef6a5209 100644
--- a/src/Tools/plugins/.gitattributes
+++ b/src/Tools/plugins/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 #git archive --worktree-attributes --prefix=freecad-0.13/ --output=freecad.tar.gz HEAD
-widget    export-ignore
 imageformats    export-ignore