diff --git a/src/harmless.py b/src/harmless.py
index 9e7c1b49fc064ebda2d71ad4316f6912bb683cef..fbc2897b0ea609539335f652d63c1726aeab2d65 100644
--- a/src/harmless.py
+++ b/src/harmless.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from . import abstract
 
 class HarmlessParser(abstract.AbstractParser):
     """ This is the parser for filetypes that do not contain metadata. """
-    mimetypes = {'application/xml', 'text/plain', 'application/rdf+xml'}
+    mimetypes = {'application/xml', 'text/plain'}
 
     def __init__(self, filename: str):
         self.filename = filename