diff --git a/ground/openpilotgcs/share/share.pro b/ground/openpilotgcs/share/share.pro
index 0c316e028..e6ecc4243 100644
--- a/ground/openpilotgcs/share/share.pro
+++ b/ground/openpilotgcs/share/share.pro
@@ -8,14 +8,8 @@ DATACOLLECTIONS = dials models pfd sounds diagrams mapicons
 equals(copydata, 1) {
     for(dir, DATACOLLECTIONS) {
         exists($$GCS_SOURCE_TREE/share/openpilotgcs/$$dir) {
-            # remove r/o and hidden attributes from .svn/* files from old build: they prevent copy over with cp -rp
-            win32:data_copy.commands += -@attrib -R -S -H $$targetPath(\"$$GCS_DATA_PATH/$$dir/*\") /S /D >nul 2>&1 $$addNewline()
-
             macx:data_copy.commands += $(COPY_DIR) $$targetPath(\"$$GCS_SOURCE_TREE/share/openpilotgcs/$$dir\") $$targetPath(\"$$GCS_DATA_PATH/\") $$addNewline()
             !macx:data_copy.commands += $(COPY_DIR) $$targetPath(\"$$GCS_SOURCE_TREE/share/openpilotgcs/$$dir\") $$targetPath(\"$$GCS_DATA_PATH/$$dir\") $$addNewline()
-
-            # remove r/o and hidden attributes from .svn/* files: they prevent cleaning with rm -rf
-            win32:data_copy.commands += attrib -R -S -H $$targetPath(\"$$GCS_DATA_PATH/$$dir/*\") /S /D $$addNewline()
         }
     }