diff -upr Thunar-1.6.1/thunar/thunar-file.c Thunar-1.6.1_patched/thunar/thunar-file.c
--- Thunar-1.6.1/thunar/thunar-file.c	2012-12-09 18:28:23.000000000 +0100
+++ Thunar-1.6.1_patched/thunar/thunar-file.c	2013-10-07 19:24:08.042757226 +0200
@@ -3432,25 +3432,8 @@ thunar_file_get_preview_icon (const Thun
 GFilesystemPreviewType
 thunar_file_get_preview_type (const ThunarFile *file)
 {
-  GFilesystemPreviewType  preview;
-  GFileInfo              *info;
-
-  _thunar_return_val_if_fail (THUNAR_IS_FILE (file), G_FILESYSTEM_PREVIEW_TYPE_NEVER);
-  _thunar_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_FILE (file->gfile), G_FILESYSTEM_PREVIEW_TYPE_NEVER);
-
-  info = g_file_query_filesystem_info (file->gfile, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_USE_PREVIEW, NULL, NULL);
-  if (G_LIKELY (info != NULL))
-    {
-      preview = g_file_info_get_attribute_uint32 (info, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_USE_PREVIEW);
-      g_object_unref (G_OBJECT (info));
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      /* assume we don't know */
-      preview = G_FILESYSTEM_PREVIEW_TYPE_NEVER;
-    }
-
-  return preview;
+  (void) file;
+  return G_FILESYSTEM_PREVIEW_TYPE_NEVER;
 }