diff --git a/scribus/scribus/pluginmanager.cpp b/scribus/scribus/pluginmanager.cpp

index 67619da93..d9b3f9e52 100644

--- a/scribus/scribus/pluginmanager.cpp

+++ b/scribus/scribus/pluginmanager.cpp

@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ int PluginManager::platformDllSearchFlags()

 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)

 	return (QDir::Files | QDir::NoSymLinks);

 #else

-	return (QDir::Files | QDir::Executable | QDir::NoSymLinks);

+	return (QDir::Files | QDir::NoSymLinks);

 #endif

 }