diff --git a/sci-mathematics/rkward/rkward-0.7.5.recipe b/sci-mathematics/rkward/rkward-0.7.5.recipe
index 84d870960..acb56f4a9 100644
--- a/sci-mathematics/rkward/rkward-0.7.5.recipe
+++ b/sci-mathematics/rkward/rkward-0.7.5.recipe
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DESCRIPTION="Easily extensible and easy-to-use IDE/GUI for R."
 HOMEPAGE="https://invent.kde.org/education/rkward"
 COPYRIGHT="2010-2023 KDE Organisation"
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
-REVISION="2"
+REVISION="3"
 SOURCE_URI="https://download.kde.org/stable/rkward/$portVersion/rkward-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="eb7d385b0b9e694fd639c858340ac14cdc7c932ec5e06b61adffbf77d12cd8c8"
 PATCHES="rkward-$portVersion.patchset"
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ INSTALL()
 {
 	make -Cbuild install
 
+	# don't mess with shared_mime_info files
+	rm -rf $dataDir/mime/{aliases,generic-icons,globs,globs2,icons,magic}
+	rm -rf $dataDir/mime/{mime.cache,subclasses,treemagic,types,version,XMLnamespaces}
+
 	mv $appsDir/rkward $appsDir/RKWard
 
 	local MAJOR="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f1`"