diff -Naur a/thunar-1.6.3/thunar/thunar-file.c b/thunar-1.6.3/thunar/thunar-file.c
--- a/thunar-1.6.3/thunar/thunar-file.c	2013-05-05 10:37:23.000000000 -0600
+++ b/thunar-1.6.3/thunar/thunar-file.c	2014-02-03 16:00:44.731015673 -0700
@@ -2714,8 +2714,13 @@
           /* check if the content type is save to execute, we don't use
            * g_content_type_can_be_executable() for unix because it also returns
            * true for "text/plain" and we don't want that */
-          if (g_content_type_is_a (content_type, "application/x-executable")
-              || g_content_type_is_a (content_type, "application/x-shellscript"))
+          /* do not execute x-shellscripts, may want to edit or run in terminal etc
+           * without the x-shellscript check they get marked as executable */
+          if (g_content_type_is_a (content_type, "application/x-shellscript"))
+            {
+              ; /* leave can_execute = FALSE*/
+            }
+          else if (g_content_type_is_a (content_type, "application/x-executable"))
             {
               can_execute = TRUE;
             }