diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/ArchivableFilesFinder.php b/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/ArchivableFilesFinder.php
index 128043797..7ee4e90ad 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/ArchivableFilesFinder.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/ArchivableFilesFinder.php
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ class ArchivableFilesFinder extends \FilterIterator
             $filters = array();
         } else {
             $filters = array(
-                new HgExcludeFilter($sources),
                 new GitExcludeFilter($sources),
                 new ComposerExcludeFilter($sources, $excludes),
             );
diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/GitExcludeFilter.php b/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/GitExcludeFilter.php
index f08d460f7..896c3946b 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/GitExcludeFilter.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/GitExcludeFilter.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 namespace Composer\Package\Archiver;
 
 /**
- * An exclude filter that processes gitignore and gitattributes
+ * An exclude filter that processes gitattributes
  *
  * It respects export-ignore git attributes
  *
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace Composer\Package\Archiver;
 class GitExcludeFilter extends BaseExcludeFilter
 {
     /**
-     * Parses .gitignore and .gitattributes files if they exist
+     * Parses .gitattributes if it exists
      *
      * @param string $sourcePath
      */
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ class GitExcludeFilter extends BaseExcludeFilter
     {
         parent::__construct($sourcePath);
 
-        if (file_exists($sourcePath.'/.gitignore')) {
-            $this->excludePatterns = $this->parseLines(
-                file($sourcePath.'/.gitignore'),
-                array($this, 'parseGitIgnoreLine')
-            );
-        }
         if (file_exists($sourcePath.'/.gitattributes')) {
             $this->excludePatterns = array_merge(
                 $this->excludePatterns,
@@ -47,18 +41,6 @@ class GitExcludeFilter extends BaseExcludeFilter
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Callback line parser which process gitignore lines
-     *
-     * @param string $line A line from .gitignore
-     *
-     * @return array{0: string, 1: bool, 2: bool} An exclude pattern for filter()
-     */
-    public function parseGitIgnoreLine($line)
-    {
-        return $this->generatePattern($line);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Callback parser which finds export-ignore rules in git attribute lines
      *
@@ -74,6 +56,10 @@ class GitExcludeFilter extends BaseExcludeFilter
             return $this->generatePattern($parts[0]);
         }
 
+        if (count($parts) == 2 && $parts[1] === '-export-ignore') {
+            return $this->generatePattern('!'.$parts[0]);
+        }
+
         return null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/HgExcludeFilter.php b/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/HgExcludeFilter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 95880475e..000000000
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/HgExcludeFilter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * This file is part of Composer.
- *
- * (c) Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
- *     Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
- * file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-namespace Composer\Package\Archiver;
-
-use Symfony\Component\Finder;
-
-/**
- * An exclude filter that processes hgignore files
- *
- * @author Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
- */
-class HgExcludeFilter extends BaseExcludeFilter
-{
-    const HG_IGNORE_REGEX = 1;
-    const HG_IGNORE_GLOB = 2;
-
-    /**
-     * Either HG_IGNORE_REGEX or HG_IGNORE_GLOB
-     * @var int
-     */
-    protected $patternMode;
-
-    /**
-     * Parses .hgignore file if it exist
-     *
-     * @param string $sourcePath
-     */
-    public function __construct($sourcePath)
-    {
-        parent::__construct($sourcePath);
-
-        $this->patternMode = self::HG_IGNORE_REGEX;
-
-        if (file_exists($sourcePath.'/.hgignore')) {
-            $this->excludePatterns = $this->parseLines(
-                file($sourcePath.'/.hgignore'),
-                array($this, 'parseHgIgnoreLine')
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Callback line parser which process hgignore lines
-     *
-     * @param string $line A line from .hgignore
-     *
-     * @return array{0: string, 1: bool, 2: bool}|null An exclude pattern for filter()
-     */
-    public function parseHgIgnoreLine($line)
-    {
-        if (preg_match('#^syntax\s*:\s*(glob|regexp)$#', $line, $matches)) {
-            if ($matches[1] === 'glob') {
-                $this->patternMode = self::HG_IGNORE_GLOB;
-            } else {
-                $this->patternMode = self::HG_IGNORE_REGEX;
-            }
-
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        if ($this->patternMode == self::HG_IGNORE_GLOB) {
-            return $this->patternFromGlob($line);
-        }
-
-        return $this->patternFromRegex($line);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Generates an exclude pattern for filter() from a hg glob expression
-     *
-     * @param string $line A line from .hgignore in glob mode
-     *
-     * @return array{0: string, 1: bool, 2: bool} An exclude pattern for filter()
-     */
-    protected function patternFromGlob($line)
-    {
-        $pattern = '#'.substr(Finder\Glob::toRegex($line), 2, -1).'#';
-        $pattern = str_replace('[^/]*', '.*', $pattern);
-
-        return array($pattern, false, true);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Generates an exclude pattern for filter() from a hg regexp expression
-     *
-     * @param string $line A line from .hgignore in regexp mode
-     *
-     * @return array{0: string, 1: bool, 2: bool} An exclude pattern for filter()
-     */
-    public function patternFromRegex($line)
-    {
-        // WTF need to escape the delimiter safely
-        $pattern = '#'.preg_replace('/((?:\\\\\\\\)*)(\\\\?)#/', '\1\2\2\\#', $line).'#';
-
-        return array($pattern, false, true);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/ArchivableFilesFinderTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/ArchivableFilesFinderTest.php
index 90db564fa..b98e59589 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/ArchivableFilesFinderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/ArchivableFilesFinderTest.php
@@ -156,40 +156,33 @@ class ArchivableFilesFinderTest extends TestCase
     {
         $this->skipIfNotExecutable('git');
 
-        file_put_contents($this->sources.'/.gitignore', implode("\n", array(
-            '# gitignore rules with comments and blank lines',
-            '',
-            'prefixE.foo',
-            '# and more',
-            '# comments',
-            '',
-            '!/prefixE.foo',
-            '/prefixD.foo',
-            'prefixF.*',
-            '!/*/*/prefixF.foo',
-            '',
-            'refixD.foo',
-            '/C',
-            'D/prefixA',
-            'E',
-            'F/',
-            'G/*',
-            'H/**',
-            'J/',
-            'parameters.yml',
-            '\!important!.txt',
-            '\#*',
-        )));
-
-        // git does not currently support negative git attributes
         file_put_contents($this->sources.'/.gitattributes', implode("\n", array(
             '',
             '# gitattributes rules with comments and blank lines',
             'prefixB.foo export-ignore',
-            //'!/prefixB.foo export-ignore',
             '/prefixA.foo export-ignore',
             'prefixC.* export-ignore',
-            //'!/*/*/prefixC.foo export-ignore',
+            '',
+            'prefixE.foo export-ignore',
+            '# and more',
+            '# comments',
+            '',
+            '/prefixE.foo -export-ignore',
+            '/prefixD.foo export-ignore',
+            'prefixF.* export-ignore',
+            '/*/*/prefixF.foo -export-ignore',
+            '',
+            'refixD.foo export-ignore',
+            '/C export-ignore',
+            'D/prefixA export-ignore',
+            'E export-ignore',
+            'F/ export-ignore',
+            'G/* export-ignore',
+            'H/** export-ignore',
+            'J/ export-ignore',
+            'parameters.yml export-ignore',
+            '\!important!.txt export-ignore',
+            '\#* export-ignore',
         )));
 
         $this->finder = new ArchivableFilesFinder($this->sources, array());
@@ -207,46 +200,6 @@ class ArchivableFilesFinderTest extends TestCase
         ));
     }
 
-    public function testHgExcludes()
-    {
-        $this->skipIfNotExecutable('hg');
-
-        file_put_contents($this->sources.'/.hgignore', implode("\n", array(
-            '# hgignore rules with comments, blank lines and syntax changes',
-            '',
-            'pre*A.foo',
-            'prefixE.foo',
-            '# and more',
-            '# comments',
-            '',
-            '^prefixD.foo',
-            'D/prefixA',
-            'parameters.yml',
-            '\!important!.txt',
-            'E',
-            'F/',
-            'syntax: glob',
-            'prefixF.*',
-            'B/*',
-            'H/**',
-        )));
-
-        $this->finder = new ArchivableFilesFinder($this->sources, array());
-
-        $expectedFiles = $this->getArchivedFiles(
-            'hg init && '.
-            'hg add && '.
-            'hg commit -m "init" && '.
-            'hg archive archive.zip'
-        );
-
-        // Remove .hg_archival.txt from the expectedFiles
-        $archiveKey = array_search('/.hg_archival.txt', $expectedFiles);
-        array_splice($expectedFiles, $archiveKey, 1);
-
-        $this->assertArchivableFiles($expectedFiles);
-    }
-
     public function testSkipExcludes()
     {
         $excludes = array(
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/GitExcludeFilterTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/GitExcludeFilterTest.php
index eae607a9b..e8cae5853 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/GitExcludeFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/GitExcludeFilterTest.php
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ class GitExcludeFilterTest extends TestCase
     {
         $filter = new GitExcludeFilter('/');
 
-        $this->assertEquals($expected, $filter->parseGitIgnoreLine($ignore));
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $filter->parseGitAttributesLine($ignore));
     }
 
     public function providePatterns()
     {
         return array(
-            array('app/config/parameters.yml', array('{(?=[^\.])app/(?=[^\.])config/(?=[^\.])parameters\.yml(?=$|/)}', false, false)),
-            array('!app/config/parameters.yml', array('{(?=[^\.])app/(?=[^\.])config/(?=[^\.])parameters\.yml(?=$|/)}', true, false)),
+            array('app/config/parameters.yml export-ignore', array('{(?=[^\.])app/(?=[^\.])config/(?=[^\.])parameters\.yml(?=$|/)}', false, false)),
+            array('app/config/parameters.yml -export-ignore', array('{(?=[^\.])app/(?=[^\.])config/(?=[^\.])parameters\.yml(?=$|/)}', true, false)),
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/HgExcludeFilterTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/HgExcludeFilterTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 21a0260da..000000000
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/HgExcludeFilterTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * This file is part of Composer.
- *
- * (c) Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
- *     Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
- * file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-namespace Composer\Test\Package\Archiver;
-
-use Composer\Package\Archiver\HgExcludeFilter;
-use Composer\Test\TestCase;
-
-class HgExcludeFilterTest extends TestCase
-{
-    /**
-     * @dataProvider providePatterns
-     *
-     * @param string  $ignore
-     * @param mixed[] $expected
-     */
-    public function testPatternEscape($ignore, $expected)
-    {
-        $filter = new HgExcludeFilter('/');
-
-        $this->assertEquals($expected, $filter->patternFromRegex($ignore));
-    }
-
-    public function providePatterns()
-    {
-        return array(
-            array('.#', array('#.\\##', false, true)),
-            array('.\\#', array('#.\\\\\\##', false, true)),
-            array('\\.#', array('#\\.\\##', false, true)),
-            array('\\\\.\\\\\\\\#', array('#\\\\.\\\\\\\\\\##', false, true)),
-            array('.\\\\\\\\\\#', array('#.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\##', false, true)),
-        );
-    }
-}