diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 8ab081052..683157eee 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-*.qcow2 filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+# Do not add existing client/drivers/test-resources/qemu/* files to LFS.
+# Adding existing files to LFS requires rewriting history back to the point
+# those files were added.