diff --git a/mimetypes/kde.xml b/mimetypes/kde.xml
index fb431886..a14769eb 100644
--- a/mimetypes/kde.xml
+++ b/mimetypes/kde.xml
@@ -509,10 +509,6 @@ Notes:
     <glob pattern="*.rdc"/>
   </mime-type>
 
-  <mime-type type="text/plain"> <!-- As discussed on xdg list, *.doc is needed here for disambiguation -->
-    <glob pattern="*.doc"/>
-  </mime-type>
-
   <mime-type type="text/x-hex">
     <sub-class-of type="text/plain"/>
     <comment>Intel® hexadecimal object file</comment>