diff --git a/src/handlers/xdgurl.cpp b/src/handlers/xdgurl.cpp
index a55536597a04628e5e2cdd8ab006c47404eb0887..16b389ca068e76bcf1263a97d664b310b2546cc3 100644
--- a/src/handlers/xdgurl.cpp
+++ b/src/handlers/xdgurl.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QUrlQuery>
 #include <QTemporaryFile>
-#include <QMimeDatabase>
 #include <QNetworkReply>
 #include <QDesktopServices>
 
@@ -108,16 +107,6 @@ void XdgUrl::_saveDownloadedFile(QNetworkReply *reply)
         return;
     }
 
-    QMimeDatabase mimeDb;
-    QString mimeType = mimeDb.mimeTypeForFile(temporaryFile.fileName()).name();
-
-    if (mimeType == "text/html" || mimeType == "application/xhtml+xml") {
-        result["status"] = QString("error_filetype");
-        result["message"] = QString("The file is unsupported file type " + mimeType);
-        emit error(Utility::Json::convertObjToStr(result));
-        return;
-    }
-
     QString type = _metadata["type"].toString();
     QString destination = _destinations[type].toString();
     QString path = destination + "/" + _metadata["filename"].toString();
@@ -152,16 +141,6 @@ void XdgUrl::_installDownloadedFile(QNetworkReply *reply)
         return;
     }
 
-    QMimeDatabase mimeDb;
-    QString mimeType = mimeDb.mimeTypeForFile(temporaryFile.fileName()).name();
-
-    if (mimeType == "text/html" || mimeType == "application/xhtml+xml") {
-        result["status"] = QString("error_filetype");
-        result["message"] = QString("The file is unsupported file type " + mimeType);
-        emit error(Utility::Json::convertObjToStr(result));
-        return;
-    }
-
     QString type = _metadata["type"].toString();
     QString destination = _destinations[type].toString();
     QString path = destination + "/" + _metadata["filename"].toString();
diff --git a/src/qml/main.qml b/src/qml/main.qml
index f2b6cfa99d409cd14f38f99eab064ff89429f6fe..674523a172ed90ab800598e5f542c3b748ef6415 100644
--- a/src/qml/main.qml
+++ b/src/qml/main.qml
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ Window {
             'success_install': 'Installation successfull',
             'error_validation': 'Validation error',
             'error_network': 'Network error',
-            'error_filetype': 'File type error',
             'error_save': 'Saving file failed',
             'error_install': 'Installation failed'
         };