diff --git a/kio/kio/kmimemagic.cpp b/kio/kio/kmimemagic.cpp
index 84d7d3887..d7b09dadb 100644
--- a/kio/kio/kmimemagic.cpp
+++ b/kio/kio/kmimemagic.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void process(struct config_rec* conf, const TQString & fn) {
 	KDE_struct_stat sb;
         TQCString fileName = TQFile::encodeName( fn );
 
-	int magic_flags = MAGIC_CONTINUE|MAGIC_ERROR|MAGIC_MIME_TYPE/*|MAGIC_DEBUG*/;
+	int magic_flags = MAGIC_ERROR|MAGIC_MIME_TYPE/*|MAGIC_DEBUG*/;
 	if (conf->followLinks) {
 		magic_flags |= MAGIC_SYMLINK;
 	}
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ KMimeMagicResult *KMimeMagic::findBufferType(const TQByteArray &array) {
 		conf->resultBuf = MIME_BINARY_ZEROSIZE;
 	}
 	else {
-		int magic_flags = MAGIC_CONTINUE|MAGIC_ERROR|MAGIC_MIME_TYPE/*|MAGIC_DEBUG*/;
+		int magic_flags = MAGIC_ERROR|MAGIC_MIME_TYPE/*|MAGIC_DEBUG*/;
 		if (conf->followLinks) {
 			magic_flags |= MAGIC_SYMLINK;
 		}