diff --git a/plugins/nuke b/plugins/nuke
index 82869707..8a2665f7 100755
--- a/plugins/nuke
+++ b/plugins/nuke
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ handle_blocked() {
     esac
 }
 
-MIMETYPE="$( file --dereference --brief --mime-type -- "${FPATH}" )"
+MIMETYPE="$( file -bL --mime-type -- "${FPATH}" )"
 handle_extension
 handle_multimedia "${MIMETYPE}"
 handle_mime "${MIMETYPE}"
diff --git a/plugins/preview-tabbed b/plugins/preview-tabbed
index 5caccb50..43cb40bb 100755
--- a/plugins/preview-tabbed
+++ b/plugins/preview-tabbed
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ previewer_loop () {
 
         kill_viewer
 
-        MIME="$(file -b --mime-type "$FILE")"
+        MIME="$(file -bL --mime-type "$FILE")"
 
         case "$MIME" in
             video/*)
diff --git a/plugins/preview-tui b/plugins/preview-tui
index f90cf6f8..51eb0df2 100755
--- a/plugins/preview-tui
+++ b/plugins/preview-tui
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ preview_file () {
 
     # Detecting the exact type of the file: the encoding, mime type, and
     # extension in lowercase.
-    encoding="$(file -Lb --mime-encoding -- "$1")"
-    mimetype="$(file -Lb --mime-type -- "$1")"
+    encoding="$(file -bL --mime-encoding -- "$1")"
+    mimetype="$(file -bL --mime-type -- "$1")"
     ext="${1##*.}"
     if [ -n "$ext" ]; then
         ext="$(printf "%s" "${ext}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
diff --git a/plugins/preview-tui-ext b/plugins/preview-tui-ext
index b946762f..f49599d7 100755
--- a/plugins/preview-tui-ext
+++ b/plugins/preview-tui-ext
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ preview_file () {
 
     # Detecting the exact type of the file: the encoding, mime type, and
     # extension in lowercase.
-    encoding="$(file -Lb --mime-encoding -- "$1")"
-    mimetype="$(file -Lb --mime-type -- "$1")"
+    encoding="$(file -bL --mime-encoding -- "$1")"
+    mimetype="$(file -bL --mime-type -- "$1")"
     ext="${1##*.}"
     if [ -n "$ext" ]; then
         ext="$(printf "%s" "${ext}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"