diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb b/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb
index c0d154b232..db753fc9b0 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class LinkageChecker
     @unnecessary_deps = []
     @unwanted_system_dylibs = []
     @version_conflict_deps = []
-    @executables_missing_rpaths = []
+    @files_missing_rpaths = []
 
     check_dylibs(rebuild_cache: rebuild_cache)
   end
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class LinkageChecker
     display_items "Undeclared dependencies with linkage", @undeclared_deps
     display_items "Dependencies with no linkage", @unnecessary_deps
     display_items "Unwanted system libraries", @unwanted_system_dylibs
-    display_items "Executables with missing rpath", @executables_missing_rpaths
+    display_items "Files with missing rpath", @files_missing_rpaths
   end
 
   def display_reverse_output
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ class LinkageChecker
     display_items "Unwanted system libraries", @unwanted_system_dylibs, puts_output: puts_output
     display_items "Conflicting libraries", @version_conflict_deps, puts_output: puts_output
     display_items "Undeclared dependencies with linkage", @undeclared_deps, puts_output: puts_output if strict
-    display_items "Executables with missing rpath", @executables_missing_rpaths, puts_output: puts_output
+    display_items "Files with missing rpath", @files_missing_rpaths, puts_output: puts_output
   end
 
   sig { params(strict: T::Boolean).returns(T::Boolean) }
   def broken_library_linkage?(strict: false)
-    issues = [@broken_deps, @unwanted_system_dylibs, @version_conflict_deps, @executables_missing_rpaths]
+    issues = [@broken_deps, @unwanted_system_dylibs, @version_conflict_deps, @files_missing_rpaths]
     issues << @undeclared_deps if strict
     [issues, unexpected_broken_dylibs, unexpected_present_dylibs].flatten.any?(&:present?)
   end
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ class LinkageChecker
       dylibs.each do |dylib|
         @reverse_links[dylib] << file
 
-        # Binary executables that link @rpath-prefixed dylibs must include at
+        # Files that link @rpath-prefixed dylibs must include at
         # least one rpath in order to resolve it.
         if !file_has_any_rpath_dylibs && (dylib.start_with? "@rpath/")
           file_has_any_rpath_dylibs = true
           pathname = Pathname(file)
-          @executables_missing_rpaths << file if pathname.binary_executable? && pathname.rpaths.empty?
+          @files_missing_rpaths << file if pathname.rpaths.empty?
         end
 
         next if checked_dylibs.include? dylib